BETWEEN GOODBYES
Directed by Jota Mun
Documentary| 96 Minutes | English, Korean and Dutch with English Subtitles | New England Premiere
- Saturday, Oct. 18, 1:00PM EST
- Emerson Paramount Center
- 559 Washington St. Boston, MA
- Followed by Q&A with Nicole Eigbrett, Co-Executive Director, AARW
- Moderated by Kathy Eow
When a queer Korean adoptee visits her original mother in Seoul, long-held regrets and cultural misunderstandings come to the surface alongside tenderness, humor, and tenacity.
Advisory: Discussion of death and grief
Director’s Bio – Jota Mun
Jota Mun (they/them) is the director and producer of “Between Goodbyes”, which had its world premiere at the DMZ International Film Festival, where they won the Emerging Filmmaker Award. The film was selected to screen at DOC NYC, Chicago International Film Festival, Santa Fe International Film Festival where it won a Special Jury Award for Feature Documentary, and CinemAsia Film Festival where it won the audience award. As an editor, Jota’s credits include the Emmy-nominated Netflix series “Who Killed Malcolm X?”.
