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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="EC_710023715-30042008">The Korea Society proudly pronounces that we are
presenting the first North Korean Film Series from May 12th to 14th at 6:30 with
three films. Please come and see those movies you hardly find at near
the place. </span></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="EC_710023715-30042008"></span></font> </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="EC_710023715-30042008"><strong>Classic
Movie Night<br id="EC_fnxe0">Special Presentation: Films
from the North<br id="EC_dklp0">May 12–14, 2008<br id="EC_aqu:0"></strong><br id="EC_fm7t1">South
Korean films continue to set box-office records across Asia and win laurels in
international film festivals. Meanwhile, little attention is given to the cinema
from the other half of the peninsula. Rarely seen outside the Eastern Bloc,
Cinema in the DPRK is an original expression of social realism and a primary
vehicle for conveying state ideology. Even so, the tales—of peasant farmers
struggling against feudal lords, anti-Japanese resistance fighters, and ordinary
citizens loyal to their hometowns—are also told with genuine artistry.<br id="EC_y9q70"><br id="EC_y9q71"><span id="EC_nak00"><b id="EC_w3kk0">Schedule</b></span><br id="EC_y9q72"></span></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><font size="-0"><span class="EC_710023715-30042008"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><b>Monday, May 12</b> </font></font></span></font></font></div>
<p class="EC_western" id="EC_qaqw" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font size="-0"><font face="Arial" size="2">6:00 PM<span id="EC_rfiv">
</span>Opening Reception, with talk by Prof. Charles Armstrong, Director,
Columbia University<br id="EC_cvt:0">6:30 PM<span id="EC_mgco"> </span><b id="EC_xl9g"><i id="EC_r6t3">Hong Kil
Dong </i></b>(1986, 104 min.) </font></font></font></p>
<p class="EC_western" id="EC_qaqw" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font size="-0"><font face="Arial" size="2">Mixing Hong Kong-style kung fu
with a socialist ethos, the Robin Hood-esque <i id="EC_cme4">Hong Kil Dong</i> took the Bulgarian box office by
storm in the late 1980s. Forever barred from privilege, the eponymous
protagonist—the illegitimate son of a nobleman—wanders Korea helping farmers
fend off feudal exploitation. But when Korea is invaded by Japanese <i id="EC_x33d0">ninja</i>, he must unite with his perennial enemies
to defend the fatherland. </font></font></font></p>
<p class="EC_western" id="EC_gh64" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font size="-0"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><b id="EC_dg_n0">Tuesday, May 13</b> </font></font></font></font></p>
<p class="EC_western" id="EC_eie60" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font size="-0"><font face="Arial" size="2">6:30 PM<span id="EC_fd2y">
</span><b id="EC_jg-h"><i id="EC_te:7">Bellflower</i></b> (1987, 83 min.)<br id="EC_p0u_0">As the most popular North Korean production of the
1980s, <i id="EC_py0o">Bellflower</i> earned lead actress
O Mi-ran the honorific title "People's Actor." O's character, Jin Song Rim,
strives to turn her humble mountain hometown of Pyokgye-ri into a model
socialist village. Released when the economic foundations of the DPRK were
starting to tremble, <i id="EC_i5m6">Bellflower</i>
praises the spirit of workers who accept their roles and work for the greater
good of the nation.</font></font></font></p>
<p class="EC_western" id="EC_xyrp" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font size="-0"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><b id="EC_w6x-0">Wednesday, May 14</b> </font></font></font></font></p>
<p class="EC_western" id="EC_kye-0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font size="-0"><font face="Arial" size="2">6:30 PM<span id="EC_p82g"> <b id="EC_ritt"><i id="EC_ncru">My Look
in the Distant Future</i></b> (1997, 102 min.)</span><br id="EC_ed-x0">Reeling from famine in the mid-1990s, North Korea
mobilized tens of thousands of urban residents for emergency agricultural
work in the countryside. <i id="EC_a5km">My Look in the
Distant Future</i> depicts that dire period with an optimistic gloss. Sent to
the countryside, a young, urban loafer finds inspiration in a stalwart village
leader and decides to become a model worker. </font></font></font></p>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><font size="-0"> </font></font></div>
<span class="EC_710023715-30042008"></span><font face="Arial" size="2"><font size="-0"><font face="Arial" size="2">P<span class="EC_710023715-30042008">rice: $7 each (members), $12 each for $30 for all
three movies (non-members)ko<br id="EC_gzvq0"></span></font></font></font><br /><hr />Express yourself wherever you are. <a href='http://www.gowindowslive.com/Mobile/Landing/Messenger/Default.aspx?Locale=en-US?ocid=TAG_APRIL' target='_new'>Mobilize!</a></body>
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