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Tag Archives: Uprising
1980 Sabuk (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): It’s still painful for them…
South Korean documentary film “1980 Sabuk” is about one large-scale labor uprising which happened in one little rural coal mine town in April 1980. Although the incident is almost forgotten at present, there are still many people who remember well … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal mine, Coal miner, Documentary, Real-life incident, Real-life people, South Korean Film, Uprising
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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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Tagged Documentary, Massacre, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story, South Korean Film, Uprising
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