recently received the following announcement...
A documentary film about the Koreans of Kazahkstan:
Koryo Saram; the unreliable people
exec. producer: Meredith Jung-En Woo
director & producer: Y. David Chung
photography dir. & editor: Matthew Dibble
Oct. 29, 2006 / Sunday / 2pm
Smithsonian Freer Gallery
Meyer aud.
Wash.,D.C.
(202) 633-4880
Nov. 6, 2006 / Monday / 5pm
Michigan Theatre
Ann Arbor, MI
(734) 668-8463
here's a description of the film:
Koryo Saram - The Unreliable People
Sunday, October 29, 2006, 2 pm, Meyer Auditorium
In 1937 Soviet leader Joseph Stalin began a campaign of massive ethnic cleansing and forcibly deported those of Korean origin living in the coastal provinces of Far East Russia near the border of North Korea. They were relocated to the unsettled steppe country of Central Asia more than 4,000 miles away. Through recently uncovered archival footage and new interviews, this documentary, by filmmakers David Chung and Matt Dibble, follows the deportees' history and how they have since been integrated into an ethnically diverse Kazakhstan. Join the filmmakers for a discussion following the screening.