Tag Archives: Massacre

Voices (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Personal memories of a massacre

South Korean documentary “Voices” simply listens to the testimonies from a bunch of people traumatized in one way or another by the massacres during the Jeju uprising during 1948 ~ 1949. Focusing more on the female victims and survivors, the … Continue reading

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Until the Stones Speak (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): The memories of a massacre

South Korean documentary film “Until the Stones Speak” is often haunting as simply listening to the sad and bitter testimonies from five old ladies who have coped with each own pain and trauma from one of the most atrocious incidents … Continue reading

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206: Unearthed (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): Unearthing the tragedies of the Korean War

South Korean documentary film “206: Unearthed” illuminates one tragic fact of the Korean War, which I and other South Koreans should remember as long as possible. During that dark and dangerous period, millions of innocent civilians were massacred around the … Continue reading

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The Act of Killing (2012) ☆☆☆☆(4/4): This is one nutty filmmaking

 This is one nutty filmmaking. “The Act of Killing”, an absurd and chilling documentary about how the perpetrators of one atrocious political purge are still enjoying impunity along with power in public even after more than 40 years, has a … Continue reading

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