Screening and discussion with film producer Gary Kam
Rockefeller Hall 200
Shadow Flowers tells the story of a North Korean defector who struggles to go back to her family in Pyongyang, North Korea. After the documentary is shown, there will be a discussion and Q&A with producer Gary Kam.
Gary Kam, based in Seoul, South Korea, is the first-ever Korean documentary producer nominated for an Academy Award. He is committed to crafting compelling stories and supporting independent documentary makers. His films in release include Planet of Snail (2011, directed by Seung-jun Yi), the first Asian documentary that won Best Feature-Length Documentary at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the OSCAR®-nominated In the Absence (2018), Shadow Flowers (2019), and Crossing Beyond, the official Olympic film for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. He has served as a mentor at the Docedge Kolkata, the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, Docs By the Sea, MyDocs, EBS International Doc Fest, and as a juror/selection committees at the Whickers Foundation, IDFA Forum, and IDA. Kam is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Campus community only, please.