Yongsan
In 2009, five tenants of the Yongsan district, who were forcefully evicted from their homes staged a sit-in and were burned to death. This film by Mun Jeong-hyun recalls the many movements of Korean civil rights and activism and asks where all the idealism went, even as the atrocities return today.
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Yongsan
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Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 15, 2010
Runtime
1h 13m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
용산
Production Companies
P.U.R.N Production
Director
Mun Jeong-hyun
Revenue
$605
Description
In 2009, five tenants of the Yongsan district, who were forcefully evicted from their homes staged a sit-in and were burned to death. This film by Mun Jeong-hyun recalls the many movements of Korean civil rights and activism and asks where all the idealism went, even as the atrocities return today.
