Survivors
KANG Kyung-ran
- Korea
- 2009
- 74min
- DV
- color
Synopsis
For 2 years a camera follows the daily life of the policemen at Zhari station, located on the front line of the Taliban war. Bombs, death and poverty are just part of the everyday life here. In the summer of 2009 the Taliban’s assaults grow more intense and Zhari station becomes a dangerous place to be. As their family and friendsstarve and die, the policemen join the Taliban while allied forces chase after them. When winter arrives, Zhari police station has become unreachable without a military escort. Meanwhile many people have died, yet the war carries on…
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Director
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KANG Kyung-ran
Kang Kyung-ran was born in 1961. In 1990, Kang started her career as a freelance war journalist. From 1994 Kang worked for Q channel, specializing in documentary as a producer and a director. In 1996, she founded Frontline News Service with her friends. The Survivors –Days in Zhari police station (2009)Insight Asia, KBS: A human land (The survivors, Jungle of Sorrow) (2009) Rashid Theater, the survivors (2003)
Credit
- ProducerKANG Kyung-Ran
- Cinematography KIM Tae-gon, Yokota Toru
- Editor YOO Seung-hoon
- Music JUNG Yong-jJin, WE Jong-yun, Coral Sand
- Sound LEE Hwan-woo
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