| Details | Available in the United States from May 21–June 6 Stream it Here: https://kffdc2021.eventive.org/welcome Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae-3nDvrXAE
Korean Film Festival DC 2021—Part Two: Korea and the World
The films in this section are examples of Korea’s interactions with the rest of the world, whether through the perspective of a Korean woman on a US Army base, the remake of an Italian comedy, the experience of Filipino immigrants, or a cinematic journey to the cosmopolitan Itaewon neighborhood in Seoul.
Rapper Cheetah stars in this comedic romp through Seoul’s famous international neighborhood Itaewon. She plays Sun-deok, an aspiring jazz singer. One day her mother (Jo Min-soo, in a motormouth tour-de-force of a performance), who she hasn’t seen in years, shows up at her apartment looking for Sun-deok’s sister Yuri, who has disappeared with their savings. Their frantic search takes them through a cross section of Itaewon’s eccentric and diverse population, from a gay couple who runs a tattoo parlor, to a Black delivery driver (Terris Brown), to a tourist/parkour specialist, to a transgender performer, all of whom provide help along the way. This big-hearted, inclusive movie shows how international influences such as hip–hop culture and the art of drag have started to shape contemporary Korean life. (Dir.: Nam Yeon-woo, Korea, 2019, 89 min., Korean with English subtitles)
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