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DisOrient 2006: 'And Thereafter'

'And Thereafter'
Saturday, February 18th
3:35 - 4:45 pm
Lane County Fairgrounds
$2 - $10 sliding scale
USA/Korea | 56:00 | 2003 | Documentary | Hosup Lee
(Parental Advisory: brief nudity)

And Thereafter is a heart-wrenching documentary about the devastating effects of the Korean War on one elderly Korean American woman. Seventy-six-year-old Young-Ja Wike is one of the 10,000 Korean women who married American G.I.s. after the war. For them marriage was the only escape from the crushing poverty of post-war Korea. While she tends to her pepper farm in her backyard that supports her husband and three grown children, she gradually retells the secrets of her past during and after the war that eventually brought her across an ocean and into another world. Political history is intermingled with personal memories in this poignant portrait of one woman's courage and resolution to survive.
-Serenity Joo

"One of the most haunting portraits of the year... In the end we can't help but admire her ability to survive and love."
-Vancouver International Film Festival 2004

"A dysfunctional family that can give the Friedmans a run for their money rests at the center of 'And Thereafter'."
-Variety

"Heartbreaking."
- San Francisco Bay Guardian

Director's Choice, Black Maria Film Festival, 2004
Special Jury Award, Hawaii International Film Festival,2004
Silver Dove Award, Leipzig International Film Festival, 2004
Vancouver, International Film Festival, 2004
Bergen (Norway) International Film Festival, 2004
Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montreal, 2004
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, 2003
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2004
Asian American International Film Festival, 2004
Best Film Award, Seoul Independent Film Festival, 2003