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    Memoir of Miss Kuan, A Celebrated Sex Worker

    Zita JENG 2006 Taiwan Documentary color 16min DCP
    date time venue guests rating
    10/14 18:50 Breeze Cinemas B P
    10/17 13:00 Breeze Cinemas B P
    10/19 15:00 Breeze Cinemas B P
    In 1997, the Taipei City Council abolished the Licensed Prostitute System without any compensatory measures. For over 2 years, Miss Guan was one of the leading figures that organized over 500 protests to defend the prostitutes’ work rights. Yet under huge pressure from their mounting debts and governmental crackdown, she finally threw herself into the ocean…

    Director

    Zita JENG

    A social movement activist, researcher of Union of Excluded Immigrants and Unwanted Citizens, and a documentary filmmaker, JENG has worked with different marginalized groups to fight for their working and human rights, including volunteering for the COSWAS.

    Zita JENG

    2004 《絕醋逢生》 Our Life-Saving Vinegar

    2006 《一代名妓─官秀琴》 Yi Dai Ming Ji - Guan Xiu Qin

    2009 《種菜日記》

    攝影：林靖傑、李易霖、黃郁茜、蔡晏珊、鄭小塔、公娼抗爭紀錄小組

    剪接：鄭小塔

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