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Description

When the passenger ferry MV Sewol sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014, more than 300 people lost their lives, most of them schoolchildren. Years later, the victims’ families and survivors are still demanding justice from national authorities.

Bios

Yi Seung-Jun’s work focuses on the life of unseen minorities, which has informed his signature style of filmmaking. He has directed several feature-length documentary films, including the award-winning PLANET OF SNAIL (2011).

Details

Countries: USA, South Korea

Year: 2018

Director: Yi Seung-Jun

Producer: Gary Byung-Seok Kam

Executive Producers: Laura Poitras, Charlotte Cook

Director of Photography: Yi Seung-Jun Hyuck-Ji Park

Editor: Todd Chandler

Music: Myung-soo Hwang

Running Time (minutes): 26 min

Language: Korean

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