Sanggyedong Olympic

Description

Two years before the 1988 Olympics in South Korea, Sanggyedong residents were brutally evicted from their homes, to make way for the government's urban renewal plans. Years later, they remain homeless and lost in a bureaucratic maze, in which they are disentitled to a permanent abode. Festivals: Focus On- Korean Retrospective, 11th Jeonju International Film Festival; Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.

Runtime

28 min

Creator

Kim, Tong-wōn, 1955

Series

Subjects

Contributor

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

1988

Database

Alexander Street

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