10th(2008)
She Saw Spring
Ji-min
- Korea
- 2007
- 27min
- DV6mmdigital
- color
- Documentary
SYNOPSIS
Whangbo Chool lived for over 20 years with the name Yeon, but when she was ready to get married, she found out that her legal name was Whangbo Chool. Now fifty years have passed living with the name Chool and she is 73 years old. To leave her past behind as a wife, a daughter, and a mother, she now paints and learns how to read and write, and starts a new career in live theater. In her new life, she can express herself with passion and feeling, and the richness of her personal expression is the highlight of this documentary. (Jay SOHN)
PROGRAM NOTE
Whangbo Chool lived for over 20 years with the name Yeon, but when she was ready to get married, she found out that her legal name was Whangbo Chool. Now fifty years have passed living with the name Chool and she is 73 years old. To leave her past behind as a wife, a daughter, and a mother, she now paints and learns how to read and write, and starts a new career in live theater. In her new life, she can express herself with passion and feeling, and the richness of her personal expression is the highlight of this documentary. (Jay SOHN)
Director
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Ji-minJi-min
Director Ji-min went into the movies as an assistant director for a documentary She Is (JOO Hyun-Sook, 2007). Ji-min received a special mention at the section of Asian Short Film & Video Competition in the 10th International Women’s Film Festival in Seoul with She Saw Spring (2007). She received attention with the documentary Dog Talk (2009) which showed daily lives of the 880,000 won Generation and unexpected events arisen to them. Dog Talk was co-directed by 3 women filmmakers in their twenties, Ji-min, navi, and SON Kyung-hwa.
Credit
- Screenwriter Ji-min
- Sound PYO Yong-su
