[van-announce] North American Premiere Screening of Korean Political Prisoner
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North American Premiere Screening of Korean Political Prisoner
Where:
Douglas College Auditorium
When:
Friday, 19th of March 2004 from 12:00 PM until approximately 11:00 PM
Cost: By donation $3-10
Axis to Grind: Inside North Korea arts festival travels to New Westminster. The
interdisciplinary art exhibition and film festival continues at various
British Columbia venues during March and April 2004 and online at www.axistogrind.com
North American premiere of "The Road Taken" about 45 year
imprisonment at 9pm, March 19. Read press release at bottom.
P R O G R A M :
---------------------
Photo Exhibition:
Douglas College Library March 15-26, 2004.
Public Talks on "Prospects for Reunification of Korea"
March 18, 12-2pm, Auditorium Room 2201
March 19, 7pm, Auditorium Room 2201
Film Festival:
March 19, 12-11pm, Auditorium Room 2201, New Westminster campus
ß 12pm The Border and the War - North American premiere screening! (France)
ß 1 Joint Security Area/JSA (RoK)
ß 3 Kill ‘em All: American War Crimes in Korea (UK)
ß 4 Pulgasari (DPRK)
ß 6 North Korea: Beyond the DMZ (USA)
ß 7 Public Talk with Irwin Oostindie
ß 7:30 Game of Their Lives (UK)
ß 9 The Road Taken - North American premiere screening! (RoK)
Location: Douglas is conveniently located in New Westminster on 8th Avenue, 2 blocks
north
of the New Westminster Skytrain Station.
Info: www.axistogrind.com, info at axistogrind.com, telephone 604.644.4349.
P R E S S R E L E A S E
------------------------------------
In 2002, George Bush targeted North Korea as a regime seeking weapons of mass
destruction and branded North Korea, Iran and Iraq as members of the “axis of
evil.” Vancouver artist/curator Irwin Oostindie challenges the
pervasive demonization of North Korea with Canada’s first film and
photographic arts exhibition addressing the politics of peace on the
Korean peninsula.
Oostindie brings together rare film shot in—and about—North Korea to audiences
throughout BC. The Inside North Korea Film Festival features several
premiere screenings aimed at shattering the myth of North Korea as an
isolated gulag. Described as a lover of film, North Korea’s “Dear Leader”
Kim Jong Il supports a film industry churning out dozens of domestic films
each year. Recently two western film crews were permitted entry to document
life in the country—with the resulting films, The Game of Their Lives and
North Korea: Beyond the DMZ to be featured in the festival.
Oostindie’s own work, which includes large-format photographs and film clips, shot on
both sides of a divided Korea, offer a uniquely human look at North Korean
life and expose American misrepresentation of one of its last cold war
enemies. The Douglas College Library, in New Westminster, hosts an
exhibition of his photographs, March 15-26, 2004. The CBC, Canada’s
national public broadcaster, features Oostindie’s North Korea images in
an online presentation titled Northern Exposure at www.cbcradio3.com/issues/2004_01_09/index.cfm?page=08
The New Westminster film festival dates will feature the North American
premiere screening of “The Road Taken/Seontaek,” the newest box office hit
film from the South Korea’s film industry. Variety Magazine says:
"The Road Taken takes the true-life story of South Korea's longest
serving political prisoner and etches a modest but powerful portrait of
conviction triumphing over the odds." On Thursday, March 18, 12-2pm,
Artist/Curator Irwin Oostindie will present his own film footage shot in
North Korea, along with a talk ‘Prospects for Solidarity &
Reunification for Korea.’ This talk repeats on Friday, March 19, at 7pm, at
the Douglas College Auditorium.
Axis to Grind coincides with multinational negotiations to end North Korea’s
potential nuclear weapons proliferation in exchange for a non-aggression
pact from the USA. 2003 marked the 50th anniversary of the official end to the
Korean War, which saw 43,000 Canadian troops join in a United Nations
“coalition of the willing” dominated by American soldiers. More than four
million people died in the war—which never officially ended—and
hostilities and deadly skirmishes continue to this day. One million North
Korean soldiers continue to face down 637,000 South Korean and US troops
across the world’s most heavily fortified border.
For film and public event schedules, artist statements, resources on North
Korea, and photographs see the online program at www.axistogrind.com.
– 30 –
For more information:
Irwin Oostindie
info at axistogrind.com
6046444349
www.axistogrind.com
This event is being organised by Axis to Grind: Inside North Korea
North American Premiere Screening of Korean Political Prisoner
Where:
Douglas College Auditorium
When:
Friday, 19th of March 2004 from 12:00 PM until approximately 11:00 PM
Cost: By donation $3-10
Axis to Grind: Inside North Korea arts festival travels to New Westminster. The
interdisciplinary art exhibition and film festival continues at various
British Columbia venues during March and April 2004 and online at www.axistogrind.com
North American premiere of "The Road Taken" about 45 year
imprisonment at 9pm, March 19. Read press release at bottom.
P R O G R A M :
---------------------
Photo Exhibition:
Douglas College Library March 15-26, 2004.
Public Talks on "Prospects for Reunification of Korea"
March 18, 12-2pm, Auditorium Room 2201
March 19, 7pm, Auditorium Room 2201
Film Festival:
March 19, 12-11pm, Auditorium Room 2201, New Westminster campus
ß 12pm The Border and the War - North American premiere screening! (France)
ß 1 Joint Security Area/JSA (RoK)
ß 3 Kill ‘em All: American War Crimes in Korea (UK)
ß 4 Pulgasari (DPRK)
ß 6 North Korea: Beyond the DMZ (USA)
ß 7 Public Talk with Irwin Oostindie
ß 7:30 Game of Their Lives (UK)
ß 9 The Road Taken - North American premiere screening! (RoK)
Location: Douglas is conveniently located in New Westminster on 8th Avenue, 2 blocks
north
of the New Westminster Skytrain Station.
Info: www.axistogrind.com, info at axistogrind.com, telephone 604.644.4349.
P R E S S R E L E A S E
------------------------------------
In 2002, George Bush targeted North Korea as a regime seeking weapons of mass
destruction and branded North Korea, Iran and Iraq as members of the “axis of
evil.” Vancouver artist/curator Irwin Oostindie challenges the
pervasive demonization of North Korea with Canada’s first film and
photographic arts exhibition addressing the politics of peace on the
Korean peninsula.
Oostindie brings together rare film shot in—and about—North Korea to audiences
throughout BC. The Inside North Korea Film Festival features several
premiere screenings aimed at shattering the myth of North Korea as an
isolated gulag. Described as a lover of film, North Korea’s “Dear Leader”
Kim Jong Il supports a film industry churning out dozens of domestic films
each year. Recently two western film crews were permitted entry to document
life in the country—with the resulting films, The Game of Their Lives and
North Korea: Beyond the DMZ to be featured in the festival.
Oostindie’s own work, which includes large-format photographs and film clips, shot on
both sides of a divided Korea, offer a uniquely human look at North Korean
life and expose American misrepresentation of one of its last cold war
enemies. The Douglas College Library, in New Westminster, hosts an
exhibition of his photographs, March 15-26, 2004. The CBC, Canada’s
national public broadcaster, features Oostindie’s North Korea images in
an online presentation titled Northern Exposure at www.cbcradio3.com/issues/2004_01_09/index.cfm?page=08
The New Westminster film festival dates will feature the North American
premiere screening of “The Road Taken/Seontaek,” the newest box office hit
film from the South Korea’s film industry. Variety Magazine says:
"The Road Taken takes the true-life story of South Korea's longest
serving political prisoner and etches a modest but powerful portrait of
conviction triumphing over the odds." On Thursday, March 18, 12-2pm,
Artist/Curator Irwin Oostindie will present his own film footage shot in
North Korea, along with a talk ‘Prospects for Solidarity &
Reunification for Korea.’ This talk repeats on Friday, March 19, at 7pm, at
the Douglas College Auditorium.
Axis to Grind coincides with multinational negotiations to end North Korea’s
potential nuclear weapons proliferation in exchange for a non-aggression
pact from the USA. 2003 marked the 50th anniversary of the official end to the
Korean War, which saw 43,000 Canadian troops join in a United Nations
“coalition of the willing” dominated by American soldiers. More than four
million people died in the war—which never officially ended—and
hostilities and deadly skirmishes continue to this day. One million North
Korean soldiers continue to face down 637,000 South Korean and US troops
across the world’s most heavily fortified border.
For film and public event schedules, artist statements, resources on North
Korea, and photographs see the online program at www.axistogrind.com.
– 30 –
For more information:
Irwin Oostindie
info at axistogrind.com
6046444349
www.axistogrind.com
This event is being organised by Axis to Grind: Inside North Korea
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