Noraero taeyangeul ssoda: seukeurinkweoteo sasutujaengeui girok
Brief Synopsis
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A look at South Korean filmmakers' struggle to protect their national film quota, which requires Korean theaters to show Korean-made films for a certain number of days per year. For Koreans filmmakers, the struggle to earn a living in the face of the United State's expanding film industry is crucial
Cast & Crew
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Cho Jae-hong
Director
Myung Kay-nam
Lee Cheon-yeon
Kim Hae-jin
Chung Ji-yeong
Mun Sung-keun
Film Details
Also Known As
Shoot the Sun By Lyric: The Fight for the Screen Quota in Korea
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Screen Quota Watchers; Seoul Visual Collective; Unikorea
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 28m
Synopsis
A look at South Korean filmmakers' struggle to protect their national film quota, which requires Korean theaters to show Korean-made films for a certain number of days per year. For Koreans filmmakers, the struggle to earn a living in the face of the United State's expanding film industry is crucial to their livlihood. The film documents hunger strikes by filmmakers in the summer of 1998 up until 1999's South Korea-USA trade negotiations.
Director
Cho Jae-hong
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Shoot the Sun By Lyric: The Fight for the Screen Quota in Korea
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Screen Quota Watchers; Seoul Visual Collective; Unikorea
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 28m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
video to film
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Wide Angle) October 14-23, 1999.
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