An excellent animated film dramatizing the life and struggle of labour rights activist, Chun Tae-il, who self-immolated in 1970 to protest disgusting labour conditions in Korean sweatshops @labourstart
Another film of his life from 1995 (English subtitles)
A Single Spark (97 minutes)
(Aleumda-un cheongnyeon Jeon Taeil)
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A Single Spark (97 minutes)
(Aleumda-un cheongnyeon Jeon Taeil)
youtube.com
His death mobilized and motivated workers to take up the struggle, and this eventually led to the creation of labor unions that were gradually able to secure workers' rights.
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