Fwd: Crossroads of Youth (Cheonchun's Sipjaro) A Special Film Screening accompanied by live musicians and narrators (byeonsa) Oct. 5, 5:00 PM WHC Auditorium

[Aaron Gerow]

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> Upcoming Event!
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> Monday, October 5, 2009 at 5:00 PM
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> The Korea Society , The Council on East Asian Studies, The Film  
> Studies Program, The Yale Film Society, The Korean American Students  
> of Yale
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> are pleased to present
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> Crossroads of Youth (Cheonchun's Sipjaro)
> A Special Film Screening Accompanied by Live Musicians and Narrators  
> (byeonsa)
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> Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium, 53 Wall Street, New Haven, CT
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> [cid:3337170960_2300579]
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> Crossroads of Youth (Cheonchun's Sipjaro) Korea's oldest surviving  
> silent film, will be screened accompanied by live musicians and  
> narrators (byeonsa) of the type found in Korean theaters of the 1930s.
> Released in 1934 and recently digitally restored, Crossroads of  
> Youth is a wrenching family tragedy set against the backdrop of  
> Korea's jarring modernization. In a throwback to the time when  
> silent films were presented with live music, the screening will be  
> accompanied by musicians playing period and contemporary music  
> before, during, and after the film. Byeonsa-live, dramatic narrators  
> who recap the plot and give voice to the characters' silent  
> expressions-will provide a uniquely Korean twist.
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> Directed by Ahn Jong-hwa and featuring Shin Il-seon -star of the  
> legendary, now-lost 1926 silent film Arirang-Crossroads of  Youth  
> tells the story of Young-bok, a man who leaves his village to try  
> his luck in Seoul in hopes of earning enough to support his family  
> back home.
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> For more information visit: http://eastasianstudies.research.yale.edu/croadsofyouth.pdf
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