9th(2007)
PARK Jeong-suk
The documentary tells about a Hansen\'s disease (leprosy) patient whose being has been rejected by society and history. It crosscuts a 78-year-old lady\'s memory of the history of So-rok Island which was established as a leprosy island by the Japanese during colonial rule. The director calmly shows how an ordinary woman has lived an adverse life. Other Hansen\'s disease patients including the old lady in So-rok Island, who cannot easily throw off their yoke as \'lepers\', are still struggling against the Japanese isolation policy of Hansen\'s disease victims. Retroacting a history into an individual\'s memory, Lady Camellia criticizes the colonial policies of Japanese imperialism through woman\'s life with Hansen\'s disease. It is the latest work of PARK Jeong-suk who has been digging into women worker\'s issue for a long time. (KIM Sunah)
PARK Jeong-sukPARK Jeong-suk
Born in Soonchun, in 1971. She began her career as a filmmaker in the Labor News Production in 1996, and is currently active in DOCU Heemang. Through films including Back Pain: Are You Safe? (1997) and Salt-Korean Railway Women Workers Story (2003), she has often addressed labor issues affecting, in particular, women workers