Screen/Society--Cine-East: Transnational North Korea--"Our School"
Sponsor(s): Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Duke University Center for International Studies (DUCIS), Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), Women's Studies Program, Literature, and Duke East Asia Nexus (DEAN)
Cost: Free and Open to the Public!
Film Screening: "Our School" (Kim Myeong-joon, 2007, 131 min., South Korea, Korean with English subtitles, DVD) -- A documentary film about the lives of ethnic Korean students in a Chongryon-run pro-North Korean high school in Hokkaido, Japan. -- Introduced by Prof. Nayoung Aimee Kwon (AMES) -- Co-Sponsors at Duke: the Korea Forum. At UNC: the Carolina Asia Center, Center for Global Initiatives, Asian Studies, Global Cinema Minor Program, and the Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense.
Contact: Hank Okazaki