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

[Des Jardin, Molly C]

Sorry to bother everyone with my question, but as a librarian for Korean and Japanese studies I'm always looking to add things like this to our holdings. Does anyone happen to know the original title if it's not the English one or if it's available on DVD/Blu Ray from any country?

I'm not finding it through any google searches, other than listings for US screenings, so that's why I'm reaching out. Thanks in advance for any leads! I'm perfectly fine with purchasing it on disc from Japan, Korea, or elsewhere; it doesn't have to be a US release.


Dr. Molly C. Des Jardin (she/her)
Japanese Studies Librarian
University of Pennsylvania
527 Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
3420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
mollydes at upenn.edu
https://hcommons.org/members/mdesjardin/
(215) 898-3205

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

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.

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Location: BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center
(Documentary Film Screening 3-5PM followed by Q&A 5-5:30PM)
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$B-#(BApril 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

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Best wishes.

Shota

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

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