Special Documentary Screening and Q&A Session – Seoul Train

Special Documentary Screening and Q&A Session -- Seoul Train

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Auditorium (Room 101), Henry R. Luce Hall See map
34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 6511

SEOUL TRAIN - The gripping documentary by Incite Productions, Inc. into the life and death of North Koreans as they try to escape their homeland This special screening of SEOUL TRAIN will be followed by a Q&A session with Director/Producer Jim Butterworth - Co-founder & Co-principal, Incite Productions, Inc.; M.B.A., Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth Moderated by Dr. Jinhee Choi - Postdoctoral Associate, Council on East Asian Studies at Yale SEOUL TRAIN, with its riveting footage of a secretive “underground railroad,” delves into the complex geopolitics behind this growing and potentially explosive humanitarian crisis. By combining vérité footage, personal stories and interviews with experts and government officials, SEOUL TRAIN depicts the flouting of international laws by major countries, the inaction and bureaucracy of the United Nations, and the heroics of activists that put themselves in harm’s way to save the refugees trying to escape their homeland.

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Co-sponsored with the Korea Club of the Yale School of Management
Region: 
China, Korea, Transregional