Due to opposition to a state-run corporation’s decision for a subsidiary company changeover, 1,500 employees were faced with termination. Toll collectors staged sit-ins on top of the canopy of the Seoul Tollgate, on the expressway, and at the Korea Expressway Corporation headquarters. They fought to meet with the president at the Blue House as well with assembly persons at their offices, staging die-ins and going on hunger strikes. The workers mostly consisted of women, th...more

Due to opposition to a state-run corporation’s decision for a subsidiary company changeover, 1,500 employees were faced with termination. Toll collectors staged sit-ins on top of the canopy of the Seoul Tollgate, on the expressway, and at the Korea Expressway Corporation headquarters. They fought to meet with the president at the Blue House as well with assembly persons at their offices, staging die-ins and going on hunger strikes. The workers mostly consisted of women, the disabled, and North Korean defectors. They had to fight against double layers of discrimination, quickly becoming a beacon of hope for all temporary workers. ,Bora Bora> is a documentary based on the seven-month-long protest staged by toll collectors. The workers at the scenes of the protest participated in the actual making of the film, with the camera in hand.less