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The Six Day Fight in Myong Dong Cathedral

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Social Criticism · Politics/Conspiracy · Spirituality · History  

  • CountryKorea
  • Production Year1997
  • Running Time74min
  • Format Beta
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
This documentary is an account of the grassroots, pro-democracy struggle (within the larger Minjung Movement) of June 10, 1987, that ended up with demonstrators retreating from government police to Seoul′s Myong Dong Cathedral. Reenactments based on actual testimonies from participants and reedited archival footage illustrates the events which ended on the 15th under a unanimous agreement. Of note is the depiction of a Korean media changing its position on the uprising after acknowledging the US′s response, of the office workers who chose to join the struggle, and how Myong Dong Cathedral became the center of struggle. The film sees the struggle through the eyes of the present and in the end strives to rethink and rewrite history.
Director
Kim Dong-Won
The President of ′Docupurun′, a represident documentary film group in Korea. He is responsible for such remarkable documentaries as [The Six Day Fight in Myong Dong Cathedral](1997) and [Sanggyedong Olympic](1998) which deals with the harsh realities in Korea Society. [Repatriation](2004) was invited to many domestic and foreign Films Festivals, and it won the Freedom of Expression Award at Sundance Film Festival.
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Credit
  • Director Kim Dong-Won 김동원
  • Cinematography Kim Dong-Won 김동원