Film Symposium: The Golden Age of Cinema in Postwar South Korea (1954–1972)

Before the recent global popularity of South Korean films and dramas, the 1950s and 1960s saw the emergence of some of the most dynamic cinematic auteurs who produced such classics as Madame Freedom (1956), The Housemaid (1960), Mother and a Guest (1961), and Aimless Bullet (1961).

Join us for a two-day symposium at UCLA and the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, to learn about this era, its directors, an overlooked female director of the time, and the films that have influenced generations of Korean filmmakers thereafter. Featured film scholars, writers, and critics include Christina Klein, Steven Chung, Kyung Hyun Kim, Irhe Sohn, author Paul Fischer, and legendary movie critic and translator Darcy Paquet. Nahmee Lee, Laura Ha Reizman, and Kathleen McHugh will moderate roundtable discussions.

The symposium is free and takes place in person.

Tickets to the exhibition The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art at LACMA will be included with admission to the symposium.

Paid self-parking is available at UCLA at Parking Structure 3 and 5. KCCLA has a free parking lot.

This event is organized by GYOPO and co-presented by LACMA, the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, and UCLA Center for Korean Studies; sponsored by UCLA Center for the Study of Women | Barbra Streisand Center, Susan Baik and Prem Manjooran and Document Coffee.

Masks are strongly encouraged