In the fall of 2016, Seongju County's Soseong-ri was chosen as a candidate site for the THAAD missile defense system, and by 2017, the deployment was forcibly executed in Soseong-ri. Director Kim Sangpai, who participated in the "Take Action Through Media in Gimcheon/Seongju" project to document the residents' fight against the THAAD deployment, later chose to settle in Soseong-ri. As a resident of Soseong-ri, he cultivates garlic and beans while capturing the everyday lives and events of the village, which houses around 80 elderly residents. Echoing the legend of Japanese independent documentary filmmaker Ogawa Shinsuke, Director Kim Sangpai's core practice is founded upon respect and affection for the community. His filmmaking doesn't rush to convey the images of struggle, instead, he observes scenes of village residents making acorn jelly and watermelon pickles together, feasting, and sharing meals. Through such interactions, the elderly residents share their life stories with him. As an observer, participant, and attentive listener, he extracts the essence of the community, which has been a fundamental element of Korean independent documentary filmmaking for a long time. The scene where an elder who formed an exceptional bond with the director hands him money, urging him to live properly, resonates more deeply than the refined words of any philosopher or intellectual.