South Korean Cinema: Week 2 - History on Film
April 12, 2023
South Korean Cinema: An Unconventional Crash Course
The past hundred years on the Korean peninsula are some of the most tumultuous of any place in the world—and cinema has been intertwined with this history since the medium’s arrival in Korea. In week two, we will briefly overview Korean political and film history to explore the following questions: How have Korean history and politics shaped the course of Korean filmmaking, and vice versa? How has filmmaking functioned to remember, rebel against, and reimagine the political world of South Korea? To do so, we will take a look at the post-war masterpiece Aimless Bullet (1961), the cheekily dissident filmmaking of March of Fools (1975), and the groundbreaking documentary Habitual Sadness (1997).
TICKETS & PASSES
Class Pass including all classes and screenings: $120 Sustainer | $100 Regular | $75 Member
Individual Talks: $25 Sustainer | $15 Regular | $10 SIFF member