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Fearless: Heart on the Sleeve
Heart on the Sleeve
| Length: | 26 min |
| Released: | 2003 |
| Ages: |
College Adult |
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Although Australia has a first-world economy, hidden within it a third-world industry thrives. Pieceworkers sewing at home are paid per item by clothing companies. They work with punishing deadlines, often seven days a week, for a pitiful few dollars per hour. Hundreds of thousands of workers from non-English speaking backgrounds suffer in these archaic conditions. They have no sick pay, retirement plan or insurance. Now, Hien Tran, former Vietnamese refugee turned union representative, is speaking up for her fellow workers, trapped by their circumstances and financial need.
Member of a series:
• Fearless Series: Stories from Asian Women
"The film does an excellent job in portraying the larger issue of exploitation of labor through Hien, the fealess Vietnamese immigrant woman outworker, who courageously raises her voice against the lack of fair pay and outworker rights ...Recommended." Triveni Kuchi, Rutgers University Libraries for Educational Media Review Online
National Women's Studies Association, 2004
Hollywood Film Festival, 2003
Global Visions Film Festival, 2003
Hollywood Film Festival, 2003
Global Visions Film Festival, 2003
