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Korea : The Unknown War Country/Region of Focus: Korea
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Type of Film: Documentary
Language: English

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Description: From June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953, the U.S. and 17 other countries engaged in "the United Nation's first and only war". Some 54,000 Americans died, 1,103,000 were wounded. Part 1: Many Roads to War Follows the division of Korea at the 38th Parallel after WWII. Part 2: An Arrogant Display of Strength Chronicles the rapid fall of Seoul; a hard-fought stand at the "Pusan perimeter"; disputes between General MacArthur and President Truman over U.S. policy in Asia. Part 3: There is No Substitute for Victory General Douglas MacArthur engineers a bold landing of U.S. and South Korean troops at Inchon, which severs the enemy's supply line to Pusan. Also, Seoul is retaken; UN forces cross into the North. Part 4: An Entirely New War China's entry in late 1950 makes it "An Entirely New War", but trapped American and allied forces lose more men to frostbite than battle. Seoul changes hands again; General Matthew Ridgway's "meat grinder" strategy uses superior U.S. artillery and air power. Part 5: The Battle for Minds Fighting continues as peace talks at Panmunjom begin. Propaganda focuses on the treatment and repatriation of POWs; and charges by the North - allegedly confirmed in the "confessions" of captured American pilots - that the U.S. used germ warfare. Part 6: Armed Truce President-elect Eisenhower honors his pledge to "go to Korea," fighting intensifies and the Panmunjom talks drag on. South Korean President Rhee tries to sabotage a possible armistice by releasing more than 20,000 anti-Communist North Korean POWs.From June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953, the U.S. and 17 other countries engaged in "the United Nation's first and only war". Some 54,000 Americans died, 1,103,000 were wounded. Part 1: Many Roads to War Follows the division of Korea at the 38th Parallel after WWII. Part 2: An Arrogant Display of Strength Chronicles the rapid fall of Seoul; a hard-fought stand at the "Pusan perimeter"; disputes between General MacArthur and President Truman over U.S. policy in Asia. Part 3: There is No Substitute for Victory General Douglas MacArthur engineers a bold landing of U.S. and South Korean troops at Inchon, which severs the enemy's supply line to Pusan. Also, Seoul is retaken; UN forces cross into the North. Part 4: An Entirely New War China's entry in late 1950 makes it "An Entirely New War", but trapped American and allied forces lose more men to frostbite than battle. Seoul changes hands again; General Matthew Ridgway's "meat grinder" strategy uses superior U.S. artillery and air power. Part 5: The Battle for Minds Fighting continues as peace talks at Panmunjom begin. Propaganda focuses on the treatment and repatriation of POWs; and charges by the North - allegedly confirmed in the "confessions" of captured American pilots - that the U.S. used germ warfare. Part 6: Armed Truce President-elect Eisenhower honors his pledge to "go to Korea," fighting intensifies and the Panmunjom talks drag on. South Korean President Rhee tries to sabotage a possible armistice by releasing more than 20,000 anti-Communist North Korean POWs.From June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953, the U.S. and 17 other countries engaged in "the United Nation's first and only war". Some 54,000 Americans died, 1,103,000 were wounded. Part 1: Many Roads to War Follows the division of Korea at the 38th Parallel after WWII. Part 2: An Arrogant Display of Strength Chronicles the rapid fall of Seoul; a hard-fought stand at the "Pusan perimeter"; disputes between General MacArthur and President Truman over U.S. policy in Asia. Part 3: There is No Substitute for Victory General Douglas MacArthur engineers a bold landing of U.S. and South Korean troops at Inchon, which severs the enemy's supply line to Pusan. Also, Seoul is retaken; UN forces cross into the North. Part 4: An Entirely New War China's entry in late 1950 makes it "An Entirely New War", but trapped American and allied forces lose more men to frostbite than battle. Seoul changes hands again; General Matthew Ridgway's "meat grinder" strategy uses superior U.S. artillery and air power. Part 5: The Battle for Minds Fighting continues as peace talks at Panmunjom begin. Propaganda focuses on the treatment and repatriation of POWs; and charges by the North - allegedly confirmed in the "confessions" of captured American pilots - that the U.S. used germ warfare. Part 6: Armed Truce President-elect Eisenhower honors his pledge to "go to Korea," fighting intensifies and the Panmunjom talks drag on. South Korean President Rhee tries to sabotage a possible armistice by releasing more than 20,000 anti-Communist North Korean POWs.From June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953, the U.S. and 17 other countries engaged in "the United Nation's first and only war". Some 54,000 Americans died, 1,103,000 were wounded. Part 1: Many Roads to War Follows the division of Korea at the 38th Parallel after WWII. Part 2: An Arrogant Display of Strength Chronicles the rapid fall of Seoul; a hard-fought stand at the "Pusan perimeter"; disputes between General MacArthur and President Truman over U.S. policy in Asia. Part 3: There is No Substitute for Victory General Douglas MacArthur engineers a bold landing of U.S. and South Korean troops at Inchon, which severs the enemy's supply line to Pusan. Also, Seoul is retaken; UN forces cross into the North. Part 4: An Entirely New War China's entry in late 1950 makes it "An Entirely New War", but trapped American and allied forces lose more men to frostbite than battle. Seoul changes hands again; General Matthew Ridgway's "meat grinder" strategy uses superior U.S. artillery and air power. Part 5: The Battle for Minds Fighting continues as peace talks at Panmunjom begin. Propaganda focuses on the treatment and repatriation of POWs; and charges by the North - allegedly confirmed in the "confessions" of captured American pilots - that the U.S. used germ warfare. Part 6: Armed Truce President-elect Eisenhower honors his pledge to "go to Korea," fighting intensifies and the Panmunjom talks drag on. South Korean President Rhee tries to sabotage a possible armistice by releasing more than 20,000 anti-Communist North Korean POWs.From June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953, the U.S. and 17 other countries engaged in "the United Nation's first and only war". Some 54,000 Americans died, 1,103,000 were wounded. Part 1: Many Roads to War Follows the division of Korea at the 38th Parallel after WWII. Part 2: An Arrogant Display of Strength Chronicles the rapid fall of Seoul; a hard-fought stand at the "Pusan perimeter"; disputes between General MacArthur and President Truman over U.S. policy in Asia. Part 3: There is No Substitute for Victory General Douglas MacArthur engineers a bold landing of U.S. and South Korean troops at Inchon, which severs the enemy's supply line to Pusan. Also, Seoul is retaken; UN forces cross into the North. Part 4: An Entirely New War China's entry in late 1950 makes it "An Entirely New War", but trapped American and allied forces lose more men to frostbite than battle. Seoul changes hands again; General Matthew Ridgway's "meat grinder" strategy uses superior U.S. artillery and air power. Part 5: The Battle for Minds Fighting continues as peace talks at Panmunjom begin. Propaganda focuses on the treatment and repatriation of POWs; and charges by the North - allegedly confirmed in the "confessions" of captured American pilots - that the U.S. used germ warfare. Part 6: Armed Truce President-elect Eisenhower honors his pledge to "go to Korea," fighting intensifies and the Panmunjom talks drag on. South Korean President Rhee tries to sabotage a possible armistice by releasing more than 20,000 anti-Communist North Korean POWs.From June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953, the U.S. and 17 other countries engaged in "the United Nation's first and only war". Some 54,000 Americans died, 1,103,000 were wounded. Part 1: Many Roads to War Follows the division of Korea at the 38th Parallel after WWII. Part 2: An Arrogant Display of Strength Chronicles the rapid fall of Seoul; a hard-fought stand at the "Pusan perimeter"; disputes between General MacArthur and President Truman over U.S. policy in Asia. Part 3: There is No Substitute for Victory General Douglas MacArthur engineers a bold landing of U.S. and South Korean troops at Inchon, which severs the enemy's supply line to Pusan. Also, Seoul is retaken; UN forces cross into the North. Part 4: An Entirely New War China's entry in late 1950 makes it "An Entirely New War", but trapped American and allied forces lose more men to frostbite than battle. Seoul changes hands again; General Matthew Ridgway's "meat grinder" strategy uses superior U.S. artillery and air power. Part 5: The Battle for Minds Fighting continues as peace talks at Panmunjom begin. Propaganda focuses on the treatment and repatriation of POWs; and charges by the North - allegedly confirmed in the "confessions" of captured American pilots - that the U.S. used germ warfare. Part 6: Armed Truce President-elect Eisenhower honors his pledge to "go to Korea," fighting intensifies and the Panmunjom talks drag on. South Korean President Rhee tries to sabotage a possible armistice by releasing more than 20,000 anti-Communist North Korean POWs.From June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953, the U.S. and 17 other countries engaged in "the United Nation's first and only war". Some 54,000 Americans died, 1,103,000 were wounded. Part 1: Many Roads to War Follows the division of Korea at the 38th Parallel after WWII. Part 2: An Arrogant Display of Strength Chronicles the rapid fall of Seoul; a hard-fought stand at the "Pusan perimeter"; disputes between General MacArthur and President Truman over U.S. policy in Asia. Part 3: There is No Substitute for Victory General Douglas MacArthur engineers a bold landing of U.S. and South Korean troops at Inchon, which severs the enemy's supply line to Pusan. Also, Seoul is retaken; UN forces cross into the North. Part 4: An Entirely New War China's entry in late 1950 makes it "An Entirely New War", but trapped American and allied forces lose more men to frostbite than battle. Seoul changes hands again; General Matthew Ridgway's "meat grinder" strategy uses superior U.S. artillery and air power. Part 5: The Battle for Minds Fighting continues as peace talks at Panmunjom begin. Propaganda focuses on the treatment and repatriation of POWs; and charges by the North - allegedly confirmed in the "confessions" of captured American pilots - that the U.S. used germ warfare. Part 6: Armed Truce President-elect Eisenhower honors his pledge to "go to Korea," fighting intensifies and the Panmunjom talks drag on. South Korean President Rhee tries to sabotage a possible armistice by releasing more than 20,000 anti-Communist North Korean POWs.From June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953, the U.S. and 17 other countries engaged in "the United Nation's first and only war". Some 54,000 Americans died, 1,103,000 were wounded. Part 1: Many Roads to War Follows the division of Korea at the 38th Parallel after WWII. Part 2: An Arrogant Display of Strength Chronicles the rapid fall of Seoul; a hard-fought stand at the "Pusan perimeter"; disputes between General MacArthur and President Truman over U.S. policy in Asia. Part 3: There is No Substitute for Victory General Douglas MacArthur engineers a bold landing of U.S. and South Korean troops at Inchon, which severs the enemy's supply line to Pusan. Also, Seoul is retaken; UN forces cross into the North. Part 4: An Entirely New War China's entry in late 1950 makes it "An Entirely New War", but trapped American and allied forces lose more men to frostbite than battle. Seoul changes hands again; General Matthew Ridgway's "meat grinder" strategy uses superior U.S. artillery and air power. Part 5: The Battle for Minds Fighting continues as peace talks at Panmunjom begin. Propaganda focuses on the treatment and repatriation of POWs; and charges by the North - allegedly confirmed in the "confessions" of captured American pilots - that the U.S. used germ warfare. Part 6: Armed Truce President-elect Eisenhower honors his pledge to "go to Korea," fighting intensifies and the Panmunjom talks drag on. South Korean President Rhee tries to sabotage a possible armistice by releasing more than 20,000 anti-Communist North Korean POWs.

Korea: More than Seoul Country/Region of Focus: Korea
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Type of Film: Documentary
Language: English

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Description: Produced by the Foreign Trade Association Highlights Korean cultureProduced by the Foreign Trade Association Highlights Korean cultureProduced by the Foreign Trade Association Highlights Korean cultureProduced by the Foreign Trade Association Highlights Korean cultureProduced by the Foreign Trade Association Highlights Korean cultureProduced by the Foreign Trade Association Highlights Korean cultureProduced by the Foreign Trade Association Highlights Korean cultureProduced by the Foreign Trade Association Highlights Korean culture

North Korea:Beyond The DMZ Country/Region of Focus: Korea
Length: 055min
Type of Film: Documentary
Language: English

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Description: North Korea: Beyond the DMZ is a one hour documentary that follows a Korean American woman to one of the most mysterious and the most demonized countries on earth: the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. This documentary offers a unique look at life there today, post-famine but in the midst of both economic and nuclear crises. As tensions have continued to mount between North Korea and the United States, this program presents not only an alternative look at this "evil empire" - but a more human one, a view that has rarely been presented in America. Jikyung, a young Korean American in New York, was brought up to fear North Korea. She then finds out she has family there - and feels compelled to go and visit.

Sopyonje Country/Region of Focus: Korea
Length: 112min
Type of Film: Feature
Language: Korean with English subtitles

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Description: Despite its falling popularity, a father teaches his two children the Korean musical tradition of Pansori (one singer accompanied by one drummer).

Why has Bodhi Dharama Left for the East Country/Region of Focus: Korea
Length: 137min
Type of Film: Feature
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Description: Kibong (Won-Sop Sin), a young Buddhist monk on a quest to achieve peace and enlightenment, ventures to a monastery in the mountains of South Korea to commune with the elderly and reclusive Hyegok (Pan-Yong Yi) in hopes of gaining the answers he craves. With the aid of Haejin (Hae-Jin Huang), the young orphan who lives with him, Hyegok attempts to impart his wisdom onto Kibong. Yet, the young man still feels torn between his old life in the city and the path toward inner peace.

World Music and Dance- Korea Vol-1 Country/Region of Focus: Korea
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Type of Film: Documentary
Language: English

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Description: Korea 1 1-1 Hyangak - court music: "P'yojongmanbang-jigok" 1-2 ChongJae: mugoch'um - drum dance 1-3 Salp'uri - dance to exorcise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 1-4 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 1-5 Kayagum pyongch'ang - song with kayagum [zither]: "Sae-t'aryong" ("Song of the birds") 1-6 Chongak: taegum [flutel solo: "Sangyongsan" from "P'yongjo hoesang" 1-7 T'alch'um - masked dance-drama from tbe Pongsan region 1-8 Pomp'ae - Buddhist chant: "Toryanggye" performed with Nabich'um - butterfly danceKorea 1 1-1 Hyangak - court music: "P'yojongmanbang-jigok" 1-2 ChongJae: mugoch'um - drum dance 1-3 Salp'uri - dance to exorcise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 1-4 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 1-5 Kayagum pyongch'ang - song with kayagum [zither]: "Sae-t'aryong" ("Song of the birds") 1-6 Chongak: taegum [flutel solo: "Sangyongsan" from "P'yongjo hoesang" 1-7 T'alch'um - masked dance-drama from tbe Pongsan region 1-8 Pomp'ae - Buddhist chant: "Toryanggye" performed with Nabich'um - butterfly danceKorea 1 1-1 Hyangak - court music: "P'yojongmanbang-jigok" 1-2 ChongJae: mugoch'um - drum dance 1-3 Salp'uri - dance to exorcise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 1-4 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 1-5 Kayagum pyongch'ang - song with kayagum [zither]: "Sae-t'aryong" ("Song of the birds") 1-6 Chongak: taegum [flutel solo: "Sangyongsan" from "P'yongjo hoesang" 1-7 T'alch'um - masked dance-drama from tbe Pongsan region 1-8 Pomp'ae - Buddhist chant: "Toryanggye" performed with Nabich'um - butterfly danceKorea 1 1-1 Hyangak - court music: "P'yojongmanbang-jigok" 1-2 ChongJae: mugoch'um - drum dance 1-3 Salp'uri - dance to exorcise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 1-4 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 1-5 Kayagum pyongch'ang - song with kayagum [zither]: "Sae-t'aryong" ("Song of the birds") 1-6 Chongak: taegum [flutel solo: "Sangyongsan" from "P'yongjo hoesang" 1-7 T'alch'um - masked dance-drama from tbe Pongsan region 1-8 Pomp'ae - Buddhist chant: "Toryanggye" performed with Nabich'um - butterfly danceKorea 1 1-1 Hyangak - court music: "P'yojongmanbang-jigok" 1-2 ChongJae: mugoch'um - drum dance 1-3 Salp'uri - dance to exorcise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 1-4 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 1-5 Kayagum pyongch'ang - song with kayagum [zither]: "Sae-t'aryong" ("Song of the birds") 1-6 Chongak: taegum [flutel solo: "Sangyongsan" from "P'yongjo hoesang" 1-7 T'alch'um - masked dance-drama from tbe Pongsan region 1-8 Pomp'ae - Buddhist chant: "Toryanggye" performed with Nabich'um - butterfly danceKorea 1 1-1 Hyangak - court music: "P'yojongmanbang-jigok" 1-2 ChongJae: mugoch'um - drum dance 1-3 Salp'uri - dance to exorcise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 1-4 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 1-5 Kayagum pyongch'ang - song with kayagum [zither]: "Sae-t'aryong" ("Song of the birds") 1-6 Chongak: taegum [flutel solo: "Sangyongsan" from "P'yongjo hoesang" 1-7 T'alch'um - masked dance-drama from tbe Pongsan region 1-8 Pomp'ae - Buddhist chant: "Toryanggye" performed with Nabich'um - butterfly danceKorea 1 1-1 Hyangak - court music: "P'yojongmanbang-jigok" 1-2 ChongJae: mugoch'um - drum dance 1-3 Salp'uri - dance to exorcise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 1-4 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 1-5 Kayagum pyongch'ang - song with kayagum [zither]: "Sae-t'aryong" ("Song of the birds") 1-6 Chongak: taegum [flutel solo: "Sangyongsan" from "P'yongjo hoesang" 1-7 T'alch'um - masked dance-drama from tbe Pongsan region 1-8 Pomp'ae - Buddhist chant: "Toryanggye" performed with Nabich'um - butterfly danceKorea 1 1-1 Hyangak - court music: "P'yojongmanbang-jigok" 1-2 ChongJae: mugoch'um - drum dance 1-3 Salp'uri - dance to exorcise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 1-4 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 1-5 Kayagum pyongch'ang - song with kayagum [zither]: "Sae-t'aryong" ("Song of the birds") 1-6 Chongak: taegum [flutel solo: "Sangyongsan" from "P'yongjo hoesang" 1-7 T'alch'um - masked dance-drama from tbe Pongsan region 1-8 Pomp'ae - Buddhist chant: "Toryanggye" performed with Nabich'um - butterfly dance

World Music and Dance- Korea Vol-2 Country/Region of Focus: Korea
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Type of Film: Documentary
Language: English

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Description: Korea 2 2-1 Sungmu - dance for purification (from folk tradition) 2-2 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 2-3 Kop'uri - stage dance derived from shaman ritual (from folk tradition) 2-4 Salp'uri - dance to exercise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 2-5 P'ansori - sung narrative with drum: "Hungboga" 2-6 Koktukaksi-norum - puppet play 2-7 Chul-t'agi - tightrope walking 2-8 Nongak - farmer's hand 2-9 Mudang kut - shaman ritualKorea 2 2-1 Sungmu - dance for purification (from folk tradition) 2-2 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 2-3 Kop'uri - stage dance derived from shaman ritual (from folk tradition) 2-4 Salp'uri - dance to exercise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 2-5 P'ansori - sung narrative with drum: "Hungboga" 2-6 Koktukaksi-norum - puppet play 2-7 Chul-t'agi - tightrope walking 2-8 Nongak - farmer's hand 2-9 Mudang kut - shaman ritualKorea 2 2-1 Sungmu - dance for purification (from folk tradition) 2-2 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 2-3 Kop'uri - stage dance derived from shaman ritual (from folk tradition) 2-4 Salp'uri - dance to exercise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 2-5 P'ansori - sung narrative with drum: "Hungboga" 2-6 Koktukaksi-norum - puppet play 2-7 Chul-t'agi - tightrope walking 2-8 Nongak - farmer's hand 2-9 Mudang kut - shaman ritualKorea 2 2-1 Sungmu - dance for purification (from folk tradition) 2-2 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 2-3 Kop'uri - stage dance derived from shaman ritual (from folk tradition) 2-4 Salp'uri - dance to exercise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 2-5 P'ansori - sung narrative with drum: "Hungboga" 2-6 Koktukaksi-norum - puppet play 2-7 Chul-t'agi - tightrope walking 2-8 Nongak - farmer's hand 2-9 Mudang kut - shaman ritualKorea 2 2-1 Sungmu - dance for purification (from folk tradition) 2-2 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 2-3 Kop'uri - stage dance derived from shaman ritual (from folk tradition) 2-4 Salp'uri - dance to exercise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 2-5 P'ansori - sung narrative with drum: "Hungboga" 2-6 Koktukaksi-norum - puppet play 2-7 Chul-t'agi - tightrope walking 2-8 Nongak - farmer's hand 2-9 Mudang kut - shaman ritualKorea 2 2-1 Sungmu - dance for purification (from folk tradition) 2-2 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 2-3 Kop'uri - stage dance derived from shaman ritual (from folk tradition) 2-4 Salp'uri - dance to exercise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 2-5 P'ansori - sung narrative with drum: "Hungboga" 2-6 Koktukaksi-norum - puppet play 2-7 Chul-t'agi - tightrope walking 2-8 Nongak - farmer's hand 2-9 Mudang kut - shaman ritualKorea 2 2-1 Sungmu - dance for purification (from folk tradition) 2-2 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 2-3 Kop'uri - stage dance derived from shaman ritual (from folk tradition) 2-4 Salp'uri - dance to exercise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 2-5 P'ansori - sung narrative with drum: "Hungboga" 2-6 Koktukaksi-norum - puppet play 2-7 Chul-t'agi - tightrope walking 2-8 Nongak - farmer's hand 2-9 Mudang kut - shaman ritualKorea 2 2-1 Sungmu - dance for purification (from folk tradition) 2-2 Chakpop: Parach'um - cymbal dance 2-3 Kop'uri - stage dance derived from shaman ritual (from folk tradition) 2-4 Salp'uri - dance to exercise evil spirits (from folk tradition) 2-5 P'ansori - sung narrative with drum: "Hungboga" 2-6 Koktukaksi-norum - puppet play 2-7 Chul-t'agi - tightrope walking 2-8 Nongak - farmer's hand 2-9 Mudang kut - shaman ritual

Hidden Korea Country/Region of Focus: Korea
Length: 060min
Type of Film: Documentary
Language: English

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Description: At first glance, it may seem that Korea is engulfed by modern culture; but a bedrock of tradition, inherited from shamanism, Buddism and Confucianism, underlies families, rituals and, of course, the food. HIDDEN KOREA is a nourishing introduction to, or a reminder of, the rich cultuer of an ancient society. In HIDDEN KOREA, the husband and wife team of Prefessor Bruce kraig and Director Jan Thompson explor the Republic of South Korea during the fall harvest time. Among the many things that we see during this time is the celebration of their Thanksgiving holiday, Ch'usok, where family members gather to buld shrines and bow at their ancestral mounds; a highly skilled potter who produces celadon pottery; a Confucian scholar at a traditional village; buddhist temples where the monks perform dances and rituals; the famous Cheju Island pearl divers, a group of women whose average age is 50; and a Ginseng factory where some of the best ginseng in the world originates. The program focuses on the special foods that are unique to the Korean peninsula, such as preserved vegetables (kimchee), bean and chili paste; and many varieties of seafood.

Rushing to the Sunshine Country/Region of Focus: Korea
Length: 030min
Type of Film: Documentary
Language: English

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Description: This video looks at South Korea's uncomfortable but growing acceptance of North Korea over a two-year period. Filmmaker Solrun Hoaas, director of Pyongyang Diaries, an earlie film on North Korea, gained unprecedented access to former political prisoners, student dissidents, writers, artistd, and others affected by a Government caught between its new open-door "Sunshine Policy" and the remnants of a Cold War anticommunist mentality. The video is a combination of the essay genre and the filmmaker's journey of exploration, an effort to unravel the issues that intrigue and puzzle her about korean society and its engagement with the North. It draws on footage recorded from 1998 to 2000, which has been a period of economic upheaval and enormous change in Korea, particularly in the relationship between North and South Korea.

An Initiation Kut for a Korean Shaman Country/Region of Focus: Korea
Length: 037min
Type of Film: Documentary
Language: English

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Description: Filmmaker Diana Lee and Anthropologist Laurel Kendall got together to present this record of a ceremony called an Initiation Kut. Women in Korea are responsible for their households and will honour the spirits of the house. If things go wrong they consult a shaman to make things right. Most Korean shamans are women who perform a Kut for their clients to change their luck. Shamans are fated to serve the spirits. Destined shamans have a tough time from birth, and until they serve the spirits they suffer many hardships. This video is the story of a two day Initiation Kut for Chini that took place in September 1989. She is coached through the ritual by her spirit mother - a more experience shaman. The ritual is both beautiful and very taxing - the spirits must be evoked exactly. Probably the most interesting point of this program is that the ceremony is a failure. The Initiation Kut is not an easy task. At the end of the two day session, success was not achieved, the spirits vacillated. Another time perhaps, Chini will become a shaman.Filmmaker Diana Lee and Anthropologist Laurel Kendall got together to present this record of a ceremony called an Initiation Kut. Women in Korea are responsible for their households and will honour the spirits of the house. If things go wrong they consult a shaman to make things right. Most Korean shamans are women who perform a Kut for their clients to change their luck. Shamans are fated to serve the spirits. Destined shamans have a tough time from birth, and until they serve the spirits they suffer many hardships. This video is the story of a two day Initiation Kut for Chini that took place in September 1989. She is coached through the ritual by her spirit mother - a more experience shaman. The ritual is both beautiful and very taxing - the spirits must be evoked exactly. Probably the most interesting point of this program is that the ceremony is a failure. The Initiation Kut is not an easy task. At the end of the two day session, success was not achieved, the spirits vacillated. Another time perhaps, Chini will become a shaman.Filmmaker Diana Lee and Anthropologist Laurel Kendall got together to present this record of a ceremony called an Initiation Kut. Women in Korea are responsible for their households and will honour the spirits of the house. If things go wrong they consult a shaman to make things right. Most Korean shamans are women who perform a Kut for their clients to change their luck. Shamans are fated to serve the spirits. Destined shamans have a tough time from birth, and until they serve the spirits they suffer many hardships. This video is the story of a two day Initiation Kut for Chini that took place in September 1989. She is coached through the ritual by her spirit mother - a more experience shaman. The ritual is both beautiful and very taxing - the spirits must be evoked exactly. Probably the most interesting point of this program is that the ceremony is a failure. The Initiation Kut is not an easy task. At the end of the two day session, success was not achieved, the spirits vacillated. Another time perhaps, Chini will become a shaman.Filmmaker Diana Lee and Anthropologist Laurel Kendall got together to present this record of a ceremony called an Initiation Kut. Women in Korea are responsible for their households and will honour the spirits of the house. If things go wrong they consult a shaman to make things right. Most Korean shamans are women who perform a Kut for their clients to change their luck. Shamans are fated to serve the spirits. Destined shamans have a tough time from birth, and until they serve the spirits they suffer many hardships. This video is the story of a two day Initiation Kut for Chini that took place in September 1989. She is coached through the ritual by her spirit mother - a more experience shaman. The ritual is both beautiful and very taxing - the spirits must be evoked exactly. Probably the most interesting point of this program is that the ceremony is a failure. The Initiation Kut is not an easy task. At the end of the two day session, success was not achieved, the spirits vacillated. Another time perhaps, Chini will become a shaman.Filmmaker Diana Lee and Anthropologist Laurel Kendall got together to present this record of a ceremony called an Initiation Kut. Women in Korea are responsible for their households and will honour the spirits of the house. If things go wrong they consult a shaman to make things right. Most Korean shamans are women who perform a Kut for their clients to change their luck. Shamans are fated to serve the spirits. Destined shamans have a tough time from birth, and until they serve the spirits they suffer many hardships. This video is the story of a two day Initiation Kut for Chini that took place in September 1989. She is coached through the ritual by her spirit mother - a more experience shaman. The ritual is both beautiful and very taxing - the spirits must be evoked exactly. Probably the most interesting point of this program is that the ceremony is a failure. The Initiation Kut is not an easy task. At the end of the two day session, success was not achieved, the spirits vacillated. Another time perhaps, Chini will become a shaman.Filmmaker Diana Lee and Anthropologist Laurel Kendall got together to present this record of a ceremony called an Initiation Kut. Women in Korea are responsible for their households and will honour the spirits of the house. If things go wrong they consult a shaman to make things right. Most Korean shamans are women who perform a Kut for their clients to change their luck. Shamans are fated to serve the spirits. Destined shamans have a tough time from birth, and until they serve the spirits they suffer many hardships. This video is the story of a two day Initiation Kut for Chini that took place in September 1989. She is coached through the ritual by her spirit mother - a more experience shaman. The ritual is both beautiful and very taxing - the spirits must be evoked exactly. Probably the most interesting point of this program is that the ceremony is a failure. The Initiation Kut is not an easy task. At the end of the two day session, success was not achieved, the spirits vacillated. Another time perhaps, Chini will become a shaman.Filmmaker Diana Lee and Anthropologist Laurel Kendall got together to present this record of a ceremony called an Initiation Kut. Women in Korea are responsible for their households and will honour the spirits of the house. If things go wrong they consult a shaman to make things right. Most Korean shamans are women who perform a Kut for their clients to change their luck. Shamans are fated to serve the spirits. Destined shamans have a tough time from birth, and until they serve the spirits they suffer many hardships. This video is the story of a two day Initiation Kut for Chini that took place in September 1989. She is coached through the ritual by her spirit mother - a more experience shaman. The ritual is both beautiful and very taxing - the spirits must be evoked exactly. Probably the most interesting point of this program is that the ceremony is a failure. The Initiation Kut is not an easy task. At the end of the two day session, success was not achieved, the spirits vacillated. Another time perhaps, Chini will become a shaman.Filmmaker Diana Lee and Anthropologist Laurel Kendall got together to present this record of a ceremony called an Initiation Kut. Women in Korea are responsible for their households and will honour the spirits of the house. If things go wrong they consult a shaman to make things right. Most Korean shamans are women who perform a Kut for their clients to change their luck. Shamans are fated to serve the spirits. Destined shamans have a tough time from birth, and until they serve the spirits they suffer many hardships. This video is the story of a two day Initiation Kut for Chini that took place in September 1989. She is coached through the ritual by her spirit mother - a more experience shaman. The ritual is both beautiful and very taxing - the spirits must be evoked exactly. Probably the most interesting point of this program is that the ceremony is a failure. The Initiation Kut is not an easy task. At the end of the two day session, success was not achieved, the spirits vacillated. Another time perhaps, Chini will become a shaman.

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