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KCLFILMSTUDIESRESEARCHSEMINAR
THEFILMIn2001,planswereunveiledforthebuildingof52765kV-transmissiontowersintheruralcommunityofMiryang,totransferelectricityfromanuclearpowerplanttocityareas.IniDally,residentsoftheidyllicareapaidliEleheedtothenewsbutastheygraduallyrealisedthedevastaDngimpactthetowerswouldhaveontheirlivesandlivelihoodsassimplefarmers,theybegantospeakout.NotonlydidtheirwordsfallondeafearsbutdemocraDcprocedureswereignoredandthe(mostlyelderly)villagersbegantoseetheirlandtakenfromthemandtheconstrucDonexpeditedbyforce.documentsthevillagers’plight,followstheirincreasinglydesperateeffortstopreventthetowersfrombeingbuiltanddeLlydetailstheoLenviolentdangerstheyfaceatthehandsofcorporateauthoriDesandthelaw.
Wednesday,11thNovember201518H00–21H00ArthurLucasTheatreThisresearchseminarisheldinpartnershipwithTheLondonKoreanFilmFesDval2015.FormoreinformaDononthefesDvalandbooking,pleasevisitthewebsitewww.koreanfilm.co.uk.
THEEVENTTheLondonKoreanFilmFesDval(LKFF)runsfrom2-14Novemberandthisyearcelebratesits10thAnniversary.BoasDng52filmsacrossfeaturesandshorts,ahostofUKPremieres,retrospecDvesandnewlyintroducedEmergingDirectorsandDocumentarystrands,the2015FesDvaloffersUKaudiencesafantasDcopportunitytodiscovertheverybestinKoreancinema.WithworksfromestablishedfilmmakersincludingBongJoonHo,toup-and-comingdirectorsandrenownedKoreanactors,thisFesDvalguaranteestooffersomethingforeveryone.
FormoreinformaDonontheKCLFilmStudiesResearchSeminarseriesvisit:hEp://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/filmstudies/research/Research-Seminars-15-16.aspx
ScreeningandQ&AMiryangArirang-LegendofMiryang2
DIRECTOR:PARKBAE-ILCAST:KIMYOUNG-JA,PARKEUN-SUK,KIMMAL-HEA,SONHEE-KEONGDOCUMENTARY│2015│CERT.15│106MIN