Modern Korea: The Age of Beasts

  • 48'
  • South Korea
  • 2021

“We endured gender discrimination for a long time, and now we’re starting to speak out.” Sound familiar? This is from a KBS talk show taped sometime in the 1980s/1990s, when the Republic of Korea was faced with a paradoxical situation: on the one hand, economic growth and social reforms had changed the situation of women in principle – but not in practice, as White Slavery was rampant and rape a widely downplayed crime, while men behaved grosso modo as if nothing had happened and blah-blah’ed about women as flowers and some such. 

In her contribution to Modern Korea, a TV documentary series based on archival materials and research, Jeong Jaeeun investigates how state television presented discrimination and violence against women in teleplays, talk and variety shows as well as news items. A timely think piece of rare cinematic elegance!

See also: Korean Ghost Stories – ieodo

  • 48'
  • South Korea
  • 2021
Director
Jeong Jaeun
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
South Korea
Year
2021
Festival Edition
IFFR 2022
Length
48'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Jimseung
Language
Korean
Producers
Youm Jisun, Lee Taewoong
Production Company
KBS
Sales
KBS
Screenplay
Jeong Jaeun
Production Design
Kimm Kijo
Music
Park Minjun
Director
Jeong Jaeun
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
South Korea
Year
2021
Festival Edition
IFFR 2022
Length
48'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Jimseung
Language
Korean
Producers
Youm Jisun, Lee Taewoong
Production Company
KBS
Sales
KBS
Screenplay
Jeong Jaeun
Production Design
Kimm Kijo
Music
Park Minjun