Post by TheBo on May 19, 2009 10:34:35 GMT -5
Hi, guys, sorry to interrupt your discussion of the show, but I don't know where else to post this and you guys seem the most likely group to be interested/able to go. We got an email from the Korea Society (in NYC):
Films from the North: Part II
May 21, 2009
The Korea Society's second installment in its Films from the North series continues this Thursday evening with this screening of Wolmi Island (1982). This Films from the North series will present movies which are deal with various theme and genres that are amalgam of North Korean’s history, so that this rare opportunity will connote the people and life in North Korea.
Find more information from the website www.koreasociety.org/film or please contact 212-759-7525 ext.323 or yuni.ny@koreasociety.org
All films will be shown at The Korea Society (950 Third Avenue, 8th Fl, New York City).
Special Feature screening Schedule:
Thursday, May 21
Wŏlmi Island
6:30 PM Wŏlmi Island (1982)
Directed by Cho Kyong-sun
Starring Cho Kyong–sun, Choe Chang–su, Choe Tae–hyon and Yun Su–gyong
92 minutes
In this gripping and imaginative war movie a small troop of North Korean soldiers, armed with just four guns between them, defeats General Douglas MacArthur and 50,000 American soldiers at Inch'on.
FINAL INSTALLMENT:
Films from the North: Part II - May 28, 2009
The second installment in its Films from the North series at The Korea Society is going to end and the final screening, The Flower Girl which is based on one of the most famous and popular Revolutionary Operas ever produced by North Korea, will be played this Thursday. This is the final entry in the series.
Thursday, May 28
The Flower Girl
6:30 PM The Flower Girl (1972)
Directed by Choi Ik–kyu and Pak Hak
Starring Hong Yong–hee, Pak Hwa-son, Kim Ryong-rin and Ryu Hu-nam
120 minutes
Adapted from an anti-imperialist opera from the 1930s, The Flower Girl is a tragic story of a family cruelly exploited by the Japanese colonial authorities and a clarion call for the Korean people to fight for the socialist revolution. The film was so popular when it was released domestically that Hong Yong–hee's picture was printed on North Korean currency.
Films from the North: Part II
May 21, 2009
The Korea Society's second installment in its Films from the North series continues this Thursday evening with this screening of Wolmi Island (1982). This Films from the North series will present movies which are deal with various theme and genres that are amalgam of North Korean’s history, so that this rare opportunity will connote the people and life in North Korea.
Find more information from the website www.koreasociety.org/film or please contact 212-759-7525 ext.323 or yuni.ny@koreasociety.org
All films will be shown at The Korea Society (950 Third Avenue, 8th Fl, New York City).
Special Feature screening Schedule:
Thursday, May 21
Wŏlmi Island
6:30 PM Wŏlmi Island (1982)
Directed by Cho Kyong-sun
Starring Cho Kyong–sun, Choe Chang–su, Choe Tae–hyon and Yun Su–gyong
92 minutes
In this gripping and imaginative war movie a small troop of North Korean soldiers, armed with just four guns between them, defeats General Douglas MacArthur and 50,000 American soldiers at Inch'on.
FINAL INSTALLMENT:
Films from the North: Part II - May 28, 2009
The second installment in its Films from the North series at The Korea Society is going to end and the final screening, The Flower Girl which is based on one of the most famous and popular Revolutionary Operas ever produced by North Korea, will be played this Thursday. This is the final entry in the series.
Thursday, May 28
The Flower Girl
6:30 PM The Flower Girl (1972)
Directed by Choi Ik–kyu and Pak Hak
Starring Hong Yong–hee, Pak Hwa-son, Kim Ryong-rin and Ryu Hu-nam
120 minutes
Adapted from an anti-imperialist opera from the 1930s, The Flower Girl is a tragic story of a family cruelly exploited by the Japanese colonial authorities and a clarion call for the Korean people to fight for the socialist revolution. The film was so popular when it was released domestically that Hong Yong–hee's picture was printed on North Korean currency.