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2000, 16mm, color/b&w, 4'30
Dir: KIM Young-ran
Keyword: Women
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| In Korea, a society that prefers boy children, a woman desires a son to help fit her into society. While carrying out women's roles imposed by society, she begins to question her role in society and finally chooses to break with it. Filmed in a symbolic way. |
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| Having a son means a lot to Korean women; this gives them power and security in the family structure. The perception of son-preference is perpetuated by women themselves: women use the mother-daughter relationship to encourage the practice of favoring boys. This film is intended to question the value of keeping an old custom and how such a custom manipulates women's lives in contemporary Korean society. |
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KIM Young-ran
Born in Yang-pyung, Korea.
Graduated from Syracuse University, majoring in Film.
1994 [Namaste Seoul]
1995 [Card Story]
2000 [Black Charcoal and Red Pepper] 16mm, color/b&w, 4'30"
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director/screenplay/editor/sound: KIM Young-ran
director of photography: Tzu-Ping Lin/KIM Young-ran
Lighting: Alexis Mendez Giner/Phil Miller
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Nancy Chiang as mother
SEO Won-il as grandson
Bihing Lee as old woman
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