About the Director: Lee Chang-dong was a successful novelist and screenwriter before he came to be one of Korea’s most talented directors. His movies, such as “Peppermint Candy,” “Oasis,” “Secret Sunshine,” and his award-winning debut, “Green Fish,” are viewed as artistic critiques of Korean society. Director Lee has garnered much international recognition and has won awards at the prestigious Cannes, Berlin, and Toronto film festivals.
Sunday, January 23, 2011 | 4 PM
Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria
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Poetry (139 min) 2010
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A mysterious death, a woman with Alzheimer’s, and a poetry class are at the core of this highly acclaimed new film by Lee Chang-dong (Secret Sunshine). Featuring an indelible central performance by Yun Jung-hee, this multilayered drama also won best screenplay at Cannes. Courtesy of Kino International. Directed by Lee Chang-dong.
Film fans and students of military history unite for an intimate discussion with director Brian Iglesias on the making of his award-winning independent documentary Chosin. Brian, a Marine and Iraq veteran, embarked on this production to honor those who sacrificed at the Battle of Chosin Reservior in the Korean War. Those who survived went on to facilitate the first evacuation under UN auspices, and over one million Koreans today descend from those who were assisted. The director will discuss his cross-country journey to film those veterans still with us and the challenges of growing the production from humble origins to award-winning heights—including a sold-out New York premiere hosted by The Korea Society. His story is one that honors the Korean-U.S. friendship in a compelling and heartfelt way. The director’s forum is followed by a special screening of the film.
Learn traditional Korean hatmaking from Chung Young-Yang, a master embroiderer and renowned textile scholar whose embroidery graces the presidential palaces of Korea, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Institution. Participants in this four-session workshop will learn to make a chobawi, a traditional Korean women’s hat with ear flaps of silk and fur. The class size limited, so register early.
As the world turns to Korea for the November G20 Summit, The Korea Society hosts a musical salute reflecting the journey to Seoul: royal city, global city. Returning to The Korea Society stage, young kayagŭm great Rami Seo, who has played with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, explores world rhythms. Seo “journeys” from New York’s jazzy 57th Street to the hills of Andalusia, from Israel to the Mongol steppe. Joined by guests Deep Singh (tabla), Mi-hye Yoon (synthesizer), and Joonsam Lee (contrabass), Seo “arrives” at Korea through a northern port, her nod to her hopes for unification, and concludes the journey in magical, musical Seoul, as it welcomes the G20 leaders.
The Korea Society welcomes young gifted greats from New York’s famed Juilliard School in its 2010-2011 Young Visions, Young Voices series. Classical violinist Brian Bak opens the series with a solo performance of Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Ysaye’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27, and Paganini’s Caprice No. 24. 
