2020 | Thailand, Singapore | Documentary

Ploy

  • Thai, English 51 mins
  • Director | Prapat Jiwarangsan
  • Writer | Prapat Jiwarangsan
  • Producer | Graiwoot Chulphongsathorn

STATUS: Released

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Inspired by the diary of a migrant worker, the documentary weaves several social and artistic threads together: the life a Thai migrant sex worker named Ploy who works in Singapore’s “jungle brothel”; the narratives of other migrant workers; an exploration of Singaporean forests and public parks; and the process through which the artist-filmmaker delves into and revisits Ploy’s experience. Ploy is a character as well as a collage of several visual forms, including painting, photography, photo-roman (photo-novel), 35mm slide projection, letters, and a herbarium. The film reconstructs the journey of Ploy through an array of visual media

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