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Join us for a screening of Crossing, an eloquent expression of the emotional trauma of political division. Yong-soo escapes the grinding poverty of North Korea to China, hoping to find medicine for his pregnant wife, but ends up in South Korea, separated from his family forever. Years later, Yong-soo's orphaned son in North Korea makes the same escape, hoping to find the father he never knew.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:00 PM Screening Crossing 크로싱 Directed by Kim Tae-gyun Starring Cha In-pyo and Shin Myoung-cheol 2008, 112 minutes Guest Speaker: Deborah Choi, refugee from North Korea The 2010 season of The Korea Society's Classic Movie Night series will begin on Wednesday, January 20. To commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, The Korea Society has selected a schedule of classics that examine the conflict, and the deep, sometimes unexpected scars it has left on the Korean people. Beginning with Man With Three Coffins on January 20, and continuing with Last Witness (February 17) and Crossing (March 17), this season's classic films will examine how, even 60 years on, the effects of the War continue to haunt communities, divide families and fracture Koreans' sense of identity. Each film will be followed by a guest speaker who will discuss its artistic and cultural context. Classic Movie Night 2010 Facing the War: Six Decades of Film Since the Korean War Monthly Screenings Buy Tickets today for March 2010 film screenings. The Korea Society 950 Third Avenue @ 57th Street, 8th Floor (Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street) Tickets to each screening are available for $5 (members) or $10 (nonmembers). For more information contact Yuni Cho or (212) 759-7525, ext. 323. 2009 When Japan ruled Korea: Movies Set in the Colonial Era 2008 Past Screenings, 2010 ♦ Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 6:30 PM  Last Witness 최후의 증인 Directed by Lee Doo-yong Starring Choi Bool-am, Han Hye-sook, Hah Myung-joong and Jeong yun-hui 1980, 158 minutes Detective Oh Byeong-ho investigates a murder at a local brewery and uncovers the secret history of violence, and tragedy, between the communist guerrillas and right-wing militias that fought in the area during the Korean War. The film’s exploration of communism made it controversial in South Korea during the 1980s. Government censors cut 40 minutes from the theatrical release. Warning: This film contains graphic scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers. Guest Speaker (via video interview): Cho Jun-hyoung, researcher, Korean Film Archive; Lee Sang-joon, adjunct professor of cinema studies, New York University ♦ Wednesday, January 20 at 6:30 PM  Man With Three Coffins 나그네는 길에서도 쉬지 않는다 Directed by Lee Jang-ho Starring Kim Myung-gon and Lee Bo-hee 1987, 128 minutes As a man travels to his deceased wife's hometown near the demilitarized zone to scatter her ashes, he finds himself enmeshed in the lives of several strangers, each of whom is on their own journey to overcome the borders, physical and psychological, that have been erected by the War. Based on the award-winning short story by Lee Je-ha titled “Travelers Do Not Rest on the Road,” The Man With Three Coffins is a deeply personal and imaginative exploration of the War’s divisions that earned plaudits from the Berlin and Tokyo International Film Festivals in 1988. Guest Speaker: Henry H. Em, associate professor of East Asian studies, New York University |
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