Voice of Book intertwines the memories of the avant-garde
 bookstore scene in 1970s Hong Kong and the Nokdu Bookstore in Gwangju in the
 1980s. Connecting these two bookstores, which were at the heart of leftist
 movements in their respective contexts—Hong Kong's leftist movement and South
 Korea's May 18 Gwangju Uprising—is the concept of books. The film adopts the
 format of books and the act of reading to resurrect the history of how these
 bookstores created, distributed books, organized people, and led resistance.
 Noteworthy is that this short film by a young director doesn't seek to fill the
 void left by the disappearance of these two bookstores with mythologized and
 preserved history. Instead, as you follow the images and texts left behind by
 the bookstores within the silence, moments arise where voices intersect,
 overlap, and eventually lead to tumult. History is portrayed through a critical
 sense that views progress as an endless dialogue, stemming from the chaotic
 intermingling that follows. Voice
 of Book is a work rich in a critical sensibility that
 acknowledges history's constant conversation and the tumultuous blend that
 arises from it.

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