Film Screening: 'Witnesses to Democracy: The Journey of a Mother and a Photographer'

"Witnesses to Democracy: the Journey of a Mother and a Photographer" is an award-winning documentary film that tells the story of three people brought together by the tragic killing of college student Lee Han-yeol, whose death propelled the South Korean Democracy movement in June 1987. The film introduces us to Eunshim Bai, the mother of the slain student, Professor Emeritus Kim Newton, and Woo Seokhun. Newton, a former freelance photographer in Seoul, returned to South Korea a few years ago in the midst of a modern-day social uprising to participate in the making of this important social documentary.

After the conclusion of this film, there will be a Q&A session with Kim Newton, professor emeritus of photojournalism, and Jeehey Kim, professor in the School of Art. Do not miss this unique chance to be part of the conversation with one of the witnesses of the Korean democratic movement in the context of contemporary Korean photography.

This event is held with the support of the School of Journalism. It is free and open to the public.