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August 22-31 @ Cinema Village and BAMcinematek
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 Screening and Discussion
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Nicholas Bonner
Producer, Crossing the Line
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
6:00 PM–6:30 PM • Registration and Reception
6:30 PM–8:30 PM • Screening and Q&A
The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)
In the 1960s, four U.S. soldiers serving in the Korean Demilitarized Zone crossed the most heavily fortified border on earth and defected to Communist North Korea. Trapped in the most secretive country on earth, their life was hidden from the outside world for 40 years. Not even the U.S. government knew their fate. James Joseph Dresnok, one of these four American defectors, is the only one who remains in North Korea today.
The Korea Society has organized an eight-campus screening tour of Crossing the Line, a new documentary film that tells his story, from October 27 through November 12, 2008. The program includes a post-screening discussion led by the documentary's co-producer Nicholas Bonner who will talk about Dresnok, North Korea and the experience of filming a documentary in one of the least media-friendly environments in the world.
The filmmakers of Crossing the Line were allowed unprecedented access by the North Korean authorities to the subject of their documentary. They were permitted not only to interview Dresnok extensively but also to follow him through his daily life in Pyongyang. Their film, narrated by actor Christian Slater, presents a story that the New York Daily News has called “fascinating” and “unforgettable.”
Join The Korea Society on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 for a screening of this unique documentary, followed by a conversation with co-producer Nicholas Bonner, or check the schedule below for a screening near you.
$10 for members and students, $15 for nonmembers
(Walk-in registration will incur an additional charge of $5.)
For more information or to register for the program, contact Heewon Kim at (212) 759-7525, ext. 355, or by
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 Screening And A Conversation
With Filmmaker Y. David Chung And Prof. John Kuo Wei TchenCo-sponsored by: The Korea Society & the NYU Center for Media, Culture, and History/Center for Media and Religion With support by Asia Society Date: Thursday, September 25thTime: 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Free and open to the public
Location: Cantor Film Center
36 East 8th Street
Theater 102
New York, NY 10003
(212) 998-4100
"Koryo Saram" (the Soviet Korean phrase for Korean person) tells the harrowing saga of survival in the open steppe country and the sweep of Soviet history through the eyes of these deported Koreans, who were designated by Stalin as an "unreliable people" and enemies of the state. Through recently uncovered archival footage and new interviews, the film follows the deportees’ history of integrating into the Soviet system while working under punishing conditions in Kazakhstan, a country which became a concentration camp of exiled people from throughout the Soviet Union.
Today, in the context of Kazakhstan's recent emergence as a rapidly modernizing, independent state, the story of the Kazakhstani-Koreans situated within this ethnically diverse country has resonance with the experience of many Americans and how they have assimilated to form new cultures in our world of increasingly displaced people.
The screening will be followed by a conversation between filmmaker Y. David Chung and Prof. John Kuo Wei Tchen, Founding Director of A/P/A Institute at NYU.Visit www.apa.nyu.edu |
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A Discussion
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Ahn Sung-ki
moderated by Hyangsoon Yi, University of Georgia.
Wednesday, August 27, 6:30PM
6:00 PM-7:00 PM ♦ Registration and Reception
7:00 PM-8:30 PM ♦ Discussion and Q&A
The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)
Ahn
Sung-ki, the “people’s actor” of Korea, will speak about his long and
rich acting career as well as his own life story that very nearly
coincides with the history of contemporary Korean cinema. Given his
experience as a veteran actor who has appeared in an exceptionally wide
range of genres and roles, Ahn is uniquely qualified to provide an
insider's perspective on the remarkable evolution of South Korean
cinema from its fumbling beginnings into one of the most vibrant
cultural forces in Asia. From his vantage point as president of the
Korean Actors’ Guild, Ahn also will address the relationship between
actors and the national film industry, inter-Asian cinematic projects,
and the “globalization” of Korean cinema.
This discussion,
part of the New York Korean Film Festival 2008 (August 22-31), will be followed by a reception.
$10 for members (The Korea Society or yKAN) and students, $15 for nonmembers
Buy tickets
(Walk-in registration will incur an additional charge of $5)
For more information or to register for the program, contact Yuni Cho at (212) 759-7525, ext. 323 or email.
Tour organized by Hyangsoon Yi, with the generous support of the Korea Foundation.
Co-sponsored by yKAN 
About the Presenters
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|  Screening and Panel Discussion
with
Christine Choy, Film Director
Jung-Bong Choi, Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
Jina Kim, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, Smith College
Thursday, August 28, 2008
5:30 PM-6:00 PM ♦ Registration and Reception
6:00 PM-7:00 PM ♦ Screening
7:00 PM-8:00 PM ♦ Presentation and Q&A
The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)
The Korean film industry, which once struggled to attract domestic audiences, has been successfully exporting its products and expanding its influence throughout Asia, Europe and North America in the past decade. These days, casual observers associate Korean cinema with the broader cultural phenomenon of hallyu ("Korean Wave"). But contemporary Korean cinema’s roots run deep and hallyu is only the latest chapter in a rich history.
In her new documentary, Cinema Korea (a Dreamville production), Academy Award-nominated director Christine Choy brings together interviews with actors and directors, archival footage of classic Korean films and accounts of defining historical events to give a fully rounded view of Korean film culture. Interviewees include Im Kwon-taek, Kim Ki-duk, Jang Dong-gun, Jeon Ji-hyun, Lee Byung-hun, Kwak Kyung-taek, Bang Eun-jin.
Join The Korea Society for a screening of this exciting new documentary, followed by a discussion on the current state of Korean cinema. Director Christine Choy will introduce her film, and field questions from the audience with Jung-Bong Choi, assistant professor of cinema studies at Tisch School of the Arts and Jina Kim, assistant professor of East Asian Studies at Smith College.
For more information or to register for the program, contact Patrick Clair at (212) 759-7525, ext. 328 or
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Co-sponsored by yKAN
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