New documentary by Hyun Kyung Kim

Film Screening: DEFECTORS (2023, 84min.)

Presented by the AFVS Alumni & Faculty Film Series, co-sponsored with the Korea Institute

Thursday, April 10th at 6pm in the Carpenter Center Theater, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Free admission. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker. 

South Korean filmmaker Hyun Kyung Kim grew up with the inherited burden of the Korean War, a conflict that left an indelible mark on her family and country. Her mother compulsively fills the house with items she finds on the streets of Seoul while her father, who fought in the conflict, devours books about the war. The filmmaker’s encounter with a North Korean defector mirrors the story of her grandfather, who likely stayed in the North when the country became divided, never to be seen again by his family. Defectors confronts the impact of a brutal war on several generations of the filmmaker’s family.  

Information of the film and trailer: 

https://www.visionsdureel.ch/en/film/2023/defectors/

https://jmtfilms.com/portfolio/defectors/