Gwangju Video and the Tradition of South Korean Independent Documentaries

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ID19153753
Authors박노출 박노출 (corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume13
Issue2
Pages187-214
Publication date2010-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Review of Korean Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1229-0076 • E-ISSN: 2733-9351
PublisherThe Academy of Korean Studies (PUBLISHER • KR)
DOI10.25024/review.2010.13.2.008
OpenAlexW2209396454
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This paper aims to examine the history of the South Korean independent documentary movement since its formation in the 1980s. Questioning why social documentaries arose in the mid 1980s, this study traces the origin of independent documentary back to Gwangju Video, the compilations of the video footage that contain the scenes of the 1980 Gwangju Uprising. It argues that Gwangju Video, by presenting anti-statism and communalism, prefigured the major themes of succeeding independent documentaries, and that the Video also provided a model for the collective mode of documentary production. By analyzing documentarian Kim Dong-Won’s The Sanggyedong Olympics and Repatriation and what can be termed post Age-of-Resistance documentaries, this study shows that the themes established by Gwangju Video have been expanded and elaborated through the development of the independent documentary movement

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