LOST BAGGAGE
Documentary
Work-in-Progress, HD, 50 min, Color, US and South Korea
Directed by Changhee Chun, Bob Salatich and Vijay Singh
Produced by Changhee Chun
This documentary, Lost Baggage , is a glimpse into the lives of migrant workers in South Korea. Without national identification numbers and cards, daily life is difficult here–let alone schooling for children and medical services. The main narrator, Ithaca College cinema production student Bob Salatich, will lead us through his encounters with the migrant workers and the political climate around immigration in Korea. This documentary will be presented from a non-partisan standpoint, neither taking side of the migrant workers nor the Korean government/international community.
Press information available upon completion of project.
RED, YELLOW AND BLUE
Short Narrative
2007, 16mm and HD, 15m 45s, Color, US
Directed by Changhee Chun
Produced by Changhee Chun, Ithaca College Practicum Class Spring 2007
Marty was adopted to an American family from Korea in the 1970s, and was one of the first Korean adoptees in the United States. Red, Yellow and Blue is Marty’s recollection of her experience as a person with multiple roles and identities: a child outcast, a Korean adoptee, and Asian American woman and a human being learning how to cope with who she is and where she belongs. This film is based on a monologue titled “A Slant on American Life from One of the Bunch” written by Suzanne Schwartz, a resident of Ithaca, NY. The monologue was performed during the 2007 Asian American Heritage Month celebration, CELEBRASIAN 2007, by local actress Carolyn S. Lee and filmed by the students of the Ithaca College Park School of Communication Cinema and Photography seniors of the spring 2007 Practicum capstone course.
Please see the “CELEBRASIAN” information below for more information about the monologues and playwright, or visit www.creationline.org/celebrasian.
“CEELEBRASIAN”
Theatrical Performance
Directed by Changhee Chun
Produced by Changhee Chun, Ithaca College Practicum Class Spring 2007
Two monologues by Ithaca residents will be featured at the 2007 Celebrasian festival during Asian American Heritage Month. The monologues, “A Slant on American Life from One of the Bunch” by Suzanne Schwartz and “On Becoming Japerican” by Sachiko Tankei-Aminian, capture their experiences as Asian American women in the United States. We are proud to present local performers, including actress Carolyn Lee in her performance of “A Slant on American Life from One of the Bunch” at the Statler Hotel Auditorium at Cornell University and the Ithaca College Clark Theatre.
In addition to the live performance, the Ithaca College Cinema, Photography and Media Arts Department Cinema Production Practicum class will videograph the live performances and produce dramatizations of Suzanne’s monologue to create a cinematic adaptation.
Please visit www.creationline.org/celebrasian for more information on the live event, CELEBRASIAN, and the film project.
SPILLED (SOY) MILK
Feature-Length Doucmentary
2006, 16mm and DV, 87 min, Color, US and South Korea
Directed by Changhee Chun
Produced by Changhee Chun, Amy Kuo, Sarah Kessler
We are told not to judge books by their covers, but so often we do. Spilled (Soy) Milk is a feature length documentary highlighting the rich diversity of Asians and Asian-Americans in Ithaca, NY, their families and friends. Through one girl’s personal journey, this documentary asks the audience whether or not finding an identity is really all it’s made out to be.
News article + Press room + Screenings + Production stills + Credits
CROSSING THE BORDER
Music Video
Work-in-Progress, DV, Color, 5 min, US and South Korea
Directed by Changhee Chun
Produced by Changhee Chun
Cultural representation is the focus of Crossing the Border, a music video through which I attempt to fuse communication media with cross-cultural experiences and relationships (this case, between the West and the East). There already exists music that is inspired by more than one culture, not just West or East; often times it is impossible to decipher the exact origins or influences of the music. It is my hope to contribute a visual project that achieves the same ambiguity.
Press information available upon completion of project.
CREATION
Feature-Length Narrative
2003, Super16mm, 16mm and DV, 97 min, B/W and Color, US and South Korea
Written and Directed by Changhee Chun
Produced by Kyoungweon Park
Creation, written and directed by Changhee Chun, uses the imagination of a filmmaker to explore his mundane daily life and its meaning. Struggling to make an honest filmic portrayal of the world around him, a filmmaker is led on a lonesome journey during which he seeks to answer ontological questions about the meanings of creation and human beings.