In the Absence
Released: 2018
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Field of Vision - In the Absence
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29 min · Korean · Documentary
Yi Seung-Jun's documentary reconstructs the 2014 sinking of the MV Sewol ferry off South Korea, in which more than 300 people died, most of them schoolchildren, and follows the families and survivors who kept demanding accountability from the authorities.
Why we picked it
Oscar-nominated documentary short and DOC NYC grand prize winner, produced by Field of Vision and Gary Byung-Seok Kam.
Real disaster in which hundreds died, most of them children; distressing archival material and grief.
Source: Field of Vision
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