Nojukusha and Internet Cafe Refugees Part 2

The life of homeless workers in Japan

Documentary shot in Tokyo and Osaka about visible and invisible homelessness, as told by several homeless workers, activists and people from their suppport groups. This film explains the history of daily labour, the conditions of living on the street or in internet cafés, as well as their struggles and how they create community in Blue Tent Villages and through Community Kitchens and Cafes. Additionally featured are an interview at a homeless festival in a park at a brutally evicted homeless encampment, and footage from the street confrontations in Osaka against the Yakuza (Japanese mafia) backed police. (18:47 min)

Part 2 -- Osaka

1) Nagai-Park (Blue Tento Mura, Eviction, Homeless Support Festival)
2) Tokyo Support Group Nojiren`s Community Kitchen
3) Uprising 2008 in Osaka / Kamagasaki
from:
http://actioninasia.wordpress.com

by Black Helmet Productions
filmed in 2007

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Japan
• Homeless
• Workers
• Precarity
• Precarious
• Black
• Helmet
• Productions