Name of the film SECOND HOME
Directed by Shekh Al Mamun
Duration 75 mins
Year 2018
CountryBangladesh, South Korea
Language Bengali, Korean (English subtitles)
Special Note Asian Premiere
PRINCIPAL CREW
Cinematography Shekh Al Mamun, Lee Jon Hee
Editing Saiful Jarnal
Sound Lee Song Won
Music Kowshik Azad
About the film
Kawsar has lived in Korea for 17 years. He is an undocumented migrant worker, who first came to Korea as an industrial trainee. One day, his bride comes to Korea to meet Kawsar. Their sweet honeymoon time in Korea ends soon. Kawsar must send his bride to Bangladesh alone. Why is he so unable to leave Korea?
FILMMAKER’S NOTE
There are many undocumented migrant workers in our society. I wanted to tell the story of why they have moved from Bangladesh to Korea to earn a living, and why they have not been able to leave Korea for a long time. Through this film, I hope that the negative stereotyping of undocumented migrant workers by the society will change.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Born in 1974 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Shekh Al Mamun came to Korea to work as a migrant worker in 1998. Since 2001, he became an organiser for the human rights movement for migrant workers. He is currently working as a cultural activist as a full-timer in the Asian Media Culture Factory.
