[KineJapan] Zainichi Korean documentarist Park Sunam in the U.S.

[shota ogawa]

Hi everyone

I just heard that Park Sunam's latest film *The Silence *will be showing at
a bunch of colleges in the U.S.

Born in Mie in 1936 to colonial Korean migrant workers, Park's life has
been a participant and witness to the troubled history of decolonization,
from the struggle for the rights for ethnic education in the late 1940s
through anti-nuke petition campaign during the Korean War and, of course,
the so-called "Komatsugawa Incident" which resulted in her bestseller
nonfiction book on Yi Jin-u (Ri Chin-u) which formed the basis for
Oshima's *Death
by Hanging *(1968). After a fall out with Chongryun (Soren) she went
independent as a reportage journalist, eventually collaborating with Otsu
Koshiro on artistically (as well as politically) compelling documentaries
in the 1980s.

I saw *The Silence *in Nagoya where, fortunately, there weren't any
right-wing protestors visible, but since then it has joined a string of
"comfort women" related films to be targeted by right-wing criticism. The
film is, in fact, more reflective and contemplative than incendiary, since
it traces Park's three-decade long relation with comfort women survivors as
well as her intriguing conflicts with Shakaito-led initiatives to represent
the survivors.

Anyways, if you are at one of the campuses showing her films, please spread
the words. It is actually her daughter (and producer of *The Silence*) Park
Maeui who is traveling with a video letter from Park Sunam and the film.

①4/16(Tues）NYC
Location: BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center
(Documentary Film Screening 3-5PM followed by Q&A 5-5:30PM)
http://ur0.biz/VcFa

②4/*17(Thurs)14:00* Stony Brook University

*③**April 19th (Friday) in Virginia*:Fairfax County Government Building
12:45 PM -- Seated in the auditorium
1:00 PM -- Film Screening
3:00 PM -- Panel Discussion: Park Maeui, Prof. Eunah Lee (St. Joseph's
College-New York), Prof. Jungah Kim (CUNY: Borough of Manhattan Community
College), Dr. Jungsil Lee (George Washington Univ.)
3:45 PM -- Reception


*April 18th (Thursday) in Washingon, DC:*George Washington University
(Co-sponsored with SOUT)School of Media and Public Affairs, Room B 07
805 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052
6:00 PM -- Coffee
6:30 PM -- Film Screening
8:30 PM -- Q & A with Producer Park Maeui

*4/17(Fri）*George Washington University
*④4/19(Sat）Virginia:Fairfax County Government Building*
https://wccw-silence.eventbrite.com
<https://wccw-silence.eventbrite.com/?fbclid=IwAR2-mys0q202jSA8d5mwemIQjTBZE0R3tywqEiXUGP8KsIXNvX3Eob_QXpc>

Best wishes.

Shota

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Shota Ogawa, Ph.D.
Graduate School of Letters
Nagoya University
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku
Nagoya 464-8601

名古屋大学大学院映像学准教授
〒464-0814 愛知県名古屋市千種区不老町１
名古屋大学文学部
080-8440-7119
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