Second-gen immigrants creates documentary about Taiwan’s migrant workers
Second-gen immigrants creates documentary about Taiwan’s migrant workers
2023-09-05
A young amateur filmmaker is working on a documentary about Taiwan’s migrant workers. Second-generation immigrant Li Cheng-yen moved to Hualien from China when he was 4 years old. He’s always been interested in the stories of other immigrants, especially Taiwan’s Southeast Asian migrant workers. Now he’s creating media for the Global Indonesia Care Association, a group which supports Indonesians in Taiwan. The association’s team are finding that new media broadens their social reach and builds bridges between the two cultures.
The director behind the camera is Li Cheng-yen, a second-generation immigrant from China’s Sichuan Province. He came to Taiwan and settled in Hualien with his parents when he was 4 years old. The media creator is now making his first event-based documentary about the wedding customs of Indonesian migrant workers.
Li is working with Sandy, the director of Global Indonesia Care Association, to support Indonesian immigrants in Taiwan. Two years ago, the association started to develop media projects. Everyone got stuck into learning community management, with the guidance of a professional teacher.
Li Cheng-yen
Second-generation immigrant
I’ve been studying on my phone for less than six months. I just started picking up the camera with the guidance of my teacher, and gradually going around different locations and learning the skills. And then I’ve jumped into lots of projects for the association.
Li has always cared about immigrants’ and migrant workers’ issues, what with growing up with an immigrant mother. He’s getting the hang of design, filming and editing, and working with Indonesian migrant workers and exchange students in the association. They make podcasts from an Indonesian perspective, as well as travel shows and Mandarin language learning content.
The association’s new media content has attracted enquiries from more and more Indonesian workers and students, enabling the association to respond to more issues.
Li Cheng-yen
Second-generation immigrant
We’re a team that has to make our own events, do our own filming, and create our own strategies. So actually thinking about it, it’s not that easy!
But the creative team are passionate about the potentials of new media and its ever-spreading reach. Li says he will keep recording the stories of the migrant workers who bring their dreams to Taiwan. He’s convinced that when we take the time to get to know and understand people, we will naturally develop affection and acceptance. Just one step is all you need to reach out.
This story was provided by the program "We Are Family"
Funded by New Immigrant Development Fund
台印創新交流 新二代自媒體創作大受好評
2023-09-05
來自中國四川的新二代黎政諺受到媽媽影響，關注移工及新移民議題，為了讓在台印尼人充分了解台灣，協同社團成員成立社群，開始自媒體創作，台印雙語的介紹模式讓兩地文化無縫接軌，深受好頻。
掌鏡、發號施令的，是來自四川成都的新住民二代黎政諺，四歲就跟爸媽來到台灣，定居花蓮。熱衷媒體創作的他，第一個活動紀錄片是印尼移工遵循傳統的婚禮。
黎政諺跟著台中市國際關懷印尼協會總幹事李秀惠，一起關懷協助在台印尼人，2年前，協會決定發展自媒體，透過專業老師的指導，大夥兒從頭開始，學起社群經營。
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“我手機才學半年不到，就跟著老師開始拿起相機，慢慢的到處跑案場，開始學習這些相關技能，後來又因應協會做了很多的企劃”
因為媽媽是新住民，黎政諺本來就關心新住民以及移工議題。當企劃、攝影及剪輯慢慢上手，他跟協會裡的印尼移工、留學生合作，用印尼人的視角做Podcast、旅遊節目及華語教學。
因為新媒體的推廣，這一兩年，來諮詢的印尼移工及留學生越來越多，協會解決更多在台印尼人的生活問題。
[[新住民二代 黎政諺]]
“我們是一個自己又要辦活動、又要拍攝、又要策劃的團隊，所以其實想想我們還滿不容易的”
數位新媒體的擴散效益，讓這群創作者滿腔熱血、全心投入。黎政諺說，他的鏡頭會繼續紀錄帶著夢想來到台灣的移工故事，因為他深信，當我們願意去了解、認識之後，溫暖的包容自然產生，人跟人的距離是因為你跨出去了一步，而縮小。
以上內容由《我們一家人》節目提供 內政部移民署監製
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