One Day on the Road (2006) - 어느날 그 길에서 (Eo-neu-nal Geu Gil-e-seo)

2007/03/16 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

"Is Everyone Alright" is a free screening of Korean documentaries made by independent filmmakers. The documentaries cover a wide range of social issues in Korea. They show at various times at the Ilmin Museum.
"Camellia Lady", by Park Jeong-seok, delves into the lives of patients suffering from Hansen's disease who were sent to Sorok Island during the Japanese occupation. They were separated from their families for decades. A profile of Lee Haeng-sim, a victim who has been living on the island for 74 years, is included.
Through the eyes of three activists, Hwang Yoon looks at animals killed by vehicles on Korean highways in his "One Day on the Road".
Kyung-soon's "Shocking Family", which won the Okrang's Award during the Women's Film Festival in Seoul, zooms into the lives of three women in their 20s, 30s and 40s who talk about the meaning of their existence within a family system.
"Taxi Blues", which won the Best Asian Feature Documentary Film at the 2006 Syracuse International Fi...

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2006/12/07 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Korea's independent film festival opened Thursday (Dec. 7) with 47 shorts and features that mostly seek to convey the voices of alienated people and environmental concerns in a fast-developed nation.

The 32nd Seoul Independent Film Festival kicked off with "Let's Finish", a morbid portrait by Whang Cheol-mean about a group of young people about to commit suicide together due to the frustration they feel with their lives.

Nurtured by young and talented directors, the nine-day festival this year looks into the issues faced by the socially alienated, such as fears of deportation for migrant workers, the sexual rights of the disabled, or wild animals cornered by industrial development, organizers said

"The directors are mostly in their 20s and 30s and they care about what's going on in our society; the stories not being told by mainstream movies and TV dramas", Cho Young-kag, the festival director, said.

"One Day on the Road", a 97-minute documentary by Hwang Yoon, shows animal...

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