The Rootless (2020)

“The Rootless,” follows the life of 25-year-old Lê Van Thành who leaves his wife and children behind in Vietnam and arrives in Taiwan to work as a migrant fisher on March 10, 2001. While working onboard a Taiwanese coastal fishing boat, he faced constant discrimination and abuse from the boat’s Taiwanese captain and engineer. One day while being physically attacked by his captain, Lê retaliates and escapes to start a new life as an undocumented migrant worker.