Korean Film Festival 2008
March 20~23, 7:00 pm
Washington University, Brown Hall 100

March 20 (Thurs.)
The Grace Lee Project
by Grace Lee
(2005) 68 min.
A witty, insightful documentary that is alternately moving and hilarious.

March 21 (Fri.)
A Flower in Hell
Chiokhwa by Sin Sangok
(1958; 35mm) 87 min.
A gritty tale of lust, crime, and lost innocence set against the background of postwar South Korea.

March 22 (Sat.)
Crossing the Line
by Daniel Gordon
(2007) 94 min.
After 45 years, the story of Comrade Joe, the last American defector in North Korea, is told.

March 23 (Sun.)
Forbidden Quest
(Eum-ran-seo-saeng) by Kim Taewoo
(2006; 35mm) 139 min.
This humorous costume piece—a comedy on the forbidden—shows scholars and men of culture stake their name and office to become masters in the elusive art of pornography.

Sponsored by the Korea Foundation, the Korean Film Council in LA, the Films and Media Studies Program, and the East Asian Studies Program.