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Tiger Spirit

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Korea is a divided nation. The psychic scar shared by families divided during the Korean War in the 1950s is symbolized by the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing communist North from capitalist South. Along this infamous border, filmmaker Min Sook Lee begins a revelatory, emotion-charged journey into Korea's broken heart, exploring the rhetoric and realism of reunification through the extraordinary stories of ordinary people. Lee joins one man's quest to prove the tiger, a symbol of resilience in Korean mythology, still lives in the DMZ. But Lee delves deeper than symbols, asking the crucial question-how will the two Koreas be put back together? In the South, we meet elderly Koreans waiting for news of relatives and young defectors haunted by memories of escape. In the North, we visit an inter-Korean economic project and gain unprecedented access to a state-sanctioned family reunion. An eloquent tale of longing and hope, Tiger Spirit is an unforgettable portrait of Korea at a crossroads.

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Agency - English program:.Ontario Centre.
Agency:.Co-produced by Storyline Entertainment Inc. and the National Film Board of Canada in association with History Television.

Credit Note

Director, Min Sook Lee ; writer, Min Sook Lee ; producer, Ed Barreveld, Min Sook Lee, Anita Lee ; executive producer, Silva Basmajian ; production executive, Steve Gamester ; director of photography, Stanislaw Barua, Mark Ellam, Michael Grippo ; editor, Ricardo Acosta ; location sound, Sanjay Mehta ; music composer, Mark Korven ; animation, null Ghost FX, Moni Hillman, Tom Hillman, Jaime Torres ; sound editor, Marvyn Dennis, Steven Toepell ; sound design, Daniel Pellerin ; mixing supervisor, Daniel Pellerin ; archival research, Tanya Fleet.

Performer Note

Narrator, Min Sook Lee ; interviewee, Sun Nam Lim, Hyang Sam Park, Ok Young Cheon, Ok Soon Cheon, Kyung Chul Kim, Jin Hwa Chung, Won Seok Lee, Hye In Chung, Hyun Jun Kim, Young Sik Kim, Joo Ok Kim, Jung Ja Kim, Jong Sul Kwon, Eun Sik Kim.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 2008.

Summary

Korea is a divided nation. The psychic scar shared by families divided during the Korean War in the 1950s is symbolized by the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing communist North from capitalist South. Along this infamous border, filmmaker Min Sook Lee begins a revelatory, emotion-charged journey into Korea's broken heart, exploring the rhetoric and realism of reunification through the extraordinary stories of ordinary people. Lee joins one man's quest to prove the tiger, a symbol of resilience in Korean mythology, still lives in the DMZ. But Lee delves deeper than symbols, asking the crucial question-how will the two Koreas be put back together? In the South, we meet elderly Koreans waiting for news of relatives and young defectors haunted by memories of escape. In the North, we visit an inter-Korean economic project and gain unprecedented access to a state-sanctioned family reunion. An eloquent tale of longing and hope, Tiger Spirit is an unforgettable portrait of Korea at a crossroads.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).