Directed by Young Min Kim
Narrative/Psychological Thriller | 74 Minutes | USA | English/Korean | East Coast Premiere
In-person Q&A with Directors Patrick Chen and Young Min Kim after the screening.
A trauma therapist, Haejin Park, is forced to face her family’s darkest past after she returns to her childhood countryside-farm to console her heartbroken younger sister.
During Haejin’s visit, the family farm’s familiarity and haunting past begins to conjure up the trauma that she had repressed for years.
A Korean-English spoken drama/psychological thriller that explores mental health, family trauma, abuse and familial responsibilities.
Advisory: 16+. Self harm, death/suicide, mature language, and strobe lights.
Director’s Bio – Young Min Kim
Young Min Kim is a Los Angeles based writer/director primarily focused on merging instances of culture, experience, and identity into rich and honest stories. While he’s grounded himself in an American metropolitan city, his proud Korean roots drive his passion to showcase ways of seeing outside of the typical western view.
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A father's son (precedes Dawning)
Directed by Patrick Chen
Crime/Thriller | 29 minutes | USA | English, Chinese with English and Chinese Subtitles | Boston Premiere
A story-spinoff based on author Henry Chang’s crime novel series of NYPD Detective Jack Yu. Set in the early ’90s when local street gangs terrorized Manhattan’s Chinatown, our story centers on Jack Yu investigating the murder of a teenage boy involved in a turf war. Amidst the broad distrust and racial divide between the Chinatown community and NYPD, our lone lawman searches for a nondescript immigrant family to deliver a shattering message that also brings forth his own conflicted relationship with Jack’s father.
Advisory: Strong language, violence
Co-presented by:
Boston Korean Adoptees, Inc.
