Doomealee, a New School is Opening
HONG Hyung-sook
- Korea
- 1995
- 70min
- DV
- color
Synopsis
In Gyeonggi-do Gapyeong-goon in 1993, Doomealee elementary school was closed. The Education Executive decided that the school had too few students to be sustainable. It was not a matter of education itself but of money that made the decision. In fact, as a result of government policy small schools were closing all over Korea. The villagers of Doomealee filed suit against the policy, and during the struggle all the villagers-parents and children alike-remained of one mind and drew wide sympathy from outside. It took three years before the case was decided.
Review
Director
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HONG Hyung-sook
Born in 1962. Graduated from audio visual education department at Ewha Womans University. She is one of the representative Korean independent documentary filmmakers. She has been a member of Seoul Visual Collective since 1987, and directed , was invited to numerous film festivals and was awarded the Audience Award at DMZ Docs – 2009 and the Independent Film of the Year’ Award by the Association of Korean Independent Film and Video. The Border City 2 (2010) The Border City (2002) Reclaiming Our Names (1998) On-Line: An Inside View Of Korean Independent Film (1997)Doomealee: A New School Is Opening (1995)
Credit
- ProducerSeoul Visual Collective
- Cinematography Hong Hyo-suk
- Editor Kim Seon-a, Hong Hyo-suk
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