[KS] Duke Film Series on North Korea

Cheehyung Kim cheehyungkim at gmail.com
Wed Jan 23 18:52:28 EST 2013


Dear KS colleagues,
Duke University has organized a films series related to North Korea
this semester, with the title TRANSNATIONAL NORTH KOREA: MIGRATION AND
URBANIZATION. (We are also organizing a workshop on April 5 on the
same theme, with the filmmaker Zhang Lu and scholars from U Chicago,
York U, and Duke. Information on this matter will be sent out later .)
If you have any inquiries, please feel free to email me. Thank you.
--Cheehyung
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Cheehyung Kim
ACLS New Faculty Fellow
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies / History
Duke University
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We are pleased to announce the Cine-East schedule for this semester.
We have an especially rich lineup this spring, with a 7-film series on
transnational North Korea, visits from filmmakers Angela Zito (Writing
on Water), Tim Graf (Souls of Zen) and Zhang Lu (Desert Dream and
Doooman River), and two works by one of Japan’s few female filmmakers,
Kawase Naomi.  See below and attached flyer for details.  Information
will also be available soon at http://duke.edu/apsi/events/films.html
.  Please contact Tanya Lee (tanya.lee at duke.edu) with any questions.
Hope to see you at these events!

Cine-East: East Asian Cinema is a program of the Asian|Pacific Studies
Institute and Screen Society at Duke University.  It is co-sponsored
by the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image and the Department of
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

 All events begin at 7:00pm, at either Richard WHITE Lecture Hall on
East Campus, or GRIFFITH Film in the Bryan Center, unless otherwise
noted.

 TRANSNATIONAL NORTH KOREA: MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION
(includes all events below marked with asterisk)

This semester features a special film series and workshop consisting
of seven films Jan 23-April 4 and an all-day workshop on April 5.
Curated by Prof. Nayoung Aimee Kwon, the series and workshop consider
representations of North Korea framed in broader historical and
geopolitical contexts of Northeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific.  A
transnational perspective reframes long divided histories to examine
interconnections made invisible by ongoing divisions of borders,
ideologies, and cold and hot wars. By bringing into dialogue past and
contemporary feature films and independent documentaries from North
Korea, South Korea, Japan, and China, the series illuminates
historical contentions and raises the question of possibilities for
future reconciliation. The series culminates in a transnational
workshop featuring diasporic filmmaker Zhang Lu and scholars from
Northeast Asia and North America.

*Wed, Jan 23, WHITE
Flower Girl / Kkot p'anŭn ch'ŏnyŏ
(PAK Hak and CH’OE Ik-gyu, 1972, North Korea, 127 min., DVD, in Korean
with English subtitles)
This iconic classic of North Korean propaganda film tells the story of
a poor flower seller suffering under the double oppressions of the
Japanese occupation and an evil landlord.

*Wed, Feb 6, GRIFFITH
The School Girl’s Diary / Han nyŏhaksaeng ŭi ilgi
(CHANG In-hak, 2006, North Korea, 94 min., DVD, in Korean with English
subtitles)
A contemporary North Korean production about a rebellious teenager
unhappy with her parents’ self-sacrifice and devotion to the state.

Thu, Feb. 7, WHITE
Writing in Water
(Angela ZITO, 2012, USA, 42 min., DVD, in Mandarin Chinese with
English subtitles) Documentary following two generations of
calligraphy teachers who practice in a Beijing plaza every day,
creating evanescent words and lasting community.
Q & A with filmmaker Angela Zito follows screening
Introduced by Prof. Ralph Litzinger

Wed, Feb 27, Center for Documentary Studies Auditorium
Souls of Zen: Buddhism, Ancestors, and the 2011 Tsunami in Japan
(Tim GRAF, 2012, Germany, 89 min., DVD, in Japanese and English with
English subtitles)
This documentary presents perspectives on Buddhism in the midst of
Japan’s recovery from the March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and
nuclear disasters.
Q & A with filmmaker Tim Graf follows screening
Introduced by Prof. Richard Jaffe

*Wed, Feb 20, WHITE
The Journals of Musan / Musan ilgi
(PAK Chŏng-bŏm, 2010, South Korea, 127 min., DVD, in Korean with
English subtitles)
A fictional film on the experiences of a North Korean defector living
a marginal life in South Korea, where he suffers discrimination and
seeks human connection.

*Wed, March 6, WHITE
Goodbye, Pyongyang / Kŭtbai P'yongyang
(YANG Yŏng-hŭi, 2009, Japan, 82 min., DVD, in Korean and Japanese with
English subtitles)
Documentary revealing the day-to-day life of a girl, the filmmaker’s
niece, growing up in North Korea; a follow-up to Yang Yŏng-hŭi’s
autobiographical Dear Pyongyang (2005).

*Wed, March 20, WHITE
Our School / Uri hakkyo
(2007, KIM Myŏng-jun, South Korea/Japan, 131 min., DVD, in Korean and
Japanese with English subtitles)
Documentary about a pro-North Korean high school in Japan for
third-generation ethnic Koreans exploring the students’ struggles to
shape their cultural identity.

*Wed, April 3, GRIFFITH
Desert Dream / Kyŏnggye
(ZHANG Lu, 2006, South Korea/France, 123 min., 35mm in Mongolian and
Korean with English subtitles)
A man stubbornly devoted to reforesting the steppes of Mongolia is
joined by a pair of North Korean refugees in this minimalist drama
played out on an epic canvas.  Also known by the title Hyazgar.
Q & A with filmmaker Zhang Lu follows screening

*Thu, April 4, UNC: Nelson Mandela Auditorium in the FedEx Global
Education Center
Dooman River / Tumangang
(ZHANG Lu, 2010, South Korea/France, 93 min., DVD in Mandarin Chinese
and Korean with English subtitles)
Set in China, Zhang’s fifth feature film concerns the friendship and
tensions between two boys, an ethnic Korean and a North Korean
defector.
Q & A with filmmaker Zhang Lu follows screening

*Fri, April 5, Perkins Library Breedlove Room, 9am-5pm
WORKSHOP: Transnational North Korea and Northeast Asia: Migration and
Urbanization
Speakers: Zhang Lu (filmmaker, Desert Dream/Dooman River), Kyeong-hee
Choi (University of Chicago), Sohye Kim (University of Chicago),
Hyun-Ok Park (York University) and Cheehyung Kim (Duke University).

Fri, April 12, WHITE
The Mourning Forest/ Mogari no Mori
(KAWASE Naomi, 2007, Japan, 99 min., DVD, in Japanese with English subtitles)
A drive in the country becomes a 2-day journey through the woods for A
man with dementia and his caregiver, in a poignant quest for
remembrance.
Introduced by Prof. Hitomi Endo and Prof. Takushi Odagiri

Fri, April 19, WHITE
Embracing / Ni tsutsumarete
(KAWASE Naomi, 1992, Japan, 40 min., DVD., in Japanese with English subtitles)
A tender record of the filmmaker’s search for her father, who left her
as a small child, this documentary launched Kawase’s filmmaking
career.
Followed by discussion on the work of Kawase Naomi, one of Japan’s
leading female filmmakers, led by Prof. Leo Ching and Prof. Takushi
Odagiri
Introduced by Prof. Hitomi Endo

Transnational North Korea: Migration and Urbanization film and
workshop series is co-sponsored by:

DUKE: Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Asian-Pacific
Studies Institute, Franklin Humanities Institute, Program in the Arts
of the Moving Image, Duke University Center for International Studies,
Duke University Center for Human Rights, Women's Studies, Program in
Literature, Korea Forum, Duke East-Asia Nexus

UNC: Carolina Asia Center, Center for Global Initiatives, Asian
Studies, Cinema Studies, and the Curriculum in Peace, War, and
Defense.




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