Wednesday, August 16, 2023 | 6:30pm to 8pm
Online Talk: RSVP
July 27, 2023 marked the 70th anniversary of the Armistice that stopped the fighting of the Korean War in 1953 – but did not end the war. With no peace treaty, the dangerous possibility of renewed fighting continues today. Meanwhile, families remain separated between the North and South, sanctions and a travel ban for Americans for the North, and all sides continuing to build up their militaries and arms.
Join Third World Newsreel with MU Films, Nodutdol, and the Documentary Forum at CCNY to view films about the human toll and tense situation on the Korean peninsula and hear from activists, scholars and filmmakers on what’s at stake, and what people are still doing today for peace and reunification.
Films To Be Self-Screened Prior to Online Talk
Two films are now currently streaming, and two more will be free to stream from August 11 to 16, 2023:
- CROSSINGS – A women’s peace delegation travels through North Korea to the South to promote peace. (2021 Deann Borshay Liem, Mu Films)
- GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP – An examination of the history of the international adoption of South Korean children – stemming from the Korean War. (2019 Deann Borshay Liem, Mu Films)
- MEMORY OF FORGOTTEN WAR – The human costs of military conflict through deeply personal accounts of the Korean War (1950-53) by four Korean-American survivors. (2013 Deann Borshay Liem, Mu Films)
- NORTH KOREA: BEYOND THE DMZ – A view of life in North Korea, the film follows a young Korean American woman seeking to find her relatives. (2003 Takagi and Park, Third World Newsreel)
Please RSVP in order to receive the film link and then join us on August 16, 2023 to hear from our panelists:
- Aiyoung Choi, activist
- Suzy Kim, author and activist
- Jamie Tyberg, activist
- Hye-Jung Park, filmmaker and activist
Co-Sponsor
Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY
