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Summary:

LOGLINE. Within the corrupt systems of recruitment, training, and placement, millions of rural Indonesian women place their hopes and dreams in domestic care roles overseas. Can competent help be delivered when the path is broken? SYNOPSIS. Help Is On The Way brings to the screen a busy nanny school in Indramayu, West Java, that prepares women to work overseas as domestic workers. Every year, hundreds of women like Sukma, Meri, Muji, and Tari are recruited by local agents who are remunerated after successfully seeing their recruits enrolled in local training centers. They are among the many women from rural areas aspiring to work in countries like Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. They enroll in a school and learn language skills and elderly care, preparing themselves for the work they will undertake overseas while completing their paperwork and waiting for placement.There are many reasons for women to work abroad, such as: to support their family, escape their family, or to experience a sense of independence and excitement. Negotiations with family are carefully handled, as they are not always happy to see their loved ones go abroad for what will be years, whilst other families are happy. While the women bring income that can alleviate their family poverty, at what cost and are they really improving their lives? Help Is On The Way explores the lives of the various women that undertake the required training and development, following them from their village to the school, into Jakarta, and eventually working abroad in Taiwan. It also explores the role of the agents, teachers, and personnel at the school, as well as current workers in Taiwan. It is at times an emotional journey, but also funny, enlightening and a little competitive, offering a unique insight into a lifestyle not often seen on screen.

Contributors:

Lubish, Ismail Fahmi , director, director of photography

Olsen, Mark, 1988- , producer

Calpakdjian, Nick , producer

Two Islands Digital , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Languages:

Indonesian
Chinese
English

Language Notes:

In Indonesian and Chinese with English subtitles.

Subjects:

Women household employees — Training of — Indonesia — Indramayu

Nannies — Training of — Indonesia — Indramayu

Foreign workers, Indonesian — Taiwan

Women foreign workers — Taiwan

Women household employees — Taiwan

Nannies — Taiwan

Women household employees

Nannies

Foreign workers, Indonesian

Women foreign workers

Taiwan

Indonesia — Indramayu

Genres:

Documentary films

Online media

Internet videos

System Details:

Digital format: System requirements: Adobe Flash or equivalent.

Production Credits:

Cinematographer: Ismail Fahmi Lubis.

General Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed September 15, 2020).
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (91 min.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

1200166019

Other Control Numbers:

99279971000971 (source: VaAlASP)
5074187 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP5074187/bord