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Letters From Pyongyang
201227 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jason Lee
Production: Jason Lee
Script: Jason Lee
Produced by JSN Omnimedia with the assistance of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the National Film Board of Canada - Filmmaker Assistance Program and the Canada Council for the Arts.
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In Letters from Pyongyang, Canadian-Korean filmmaker Jason Lee tells his father’s emotional story of a family torn apart by the Korean War. Together, father and son make a rare journey to the North Korean capital in search of long-lost relatives. Combining exclusive, never-before-seen footage from the North, archival images and family photographs, this deeply personal film brings to light the tragic subject of families divided by the political conflict in the two Koreas.
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Subject categories
- Families > Family PortraitsProblems in the Family
- War, Conflict and Peace > Korean WarWar Victims
Credits
- producer
- Jason Lee
- writer
- Jason Lee
- director
- Jason Lee
- interviewee
- Young Tae Lee
- Young Ai Sun
- participant
- Lee Han Chun
- Kim Jung Yeol
- Lee Young Chol
- Lee Jung Hee
- Lee Young Hong
- Lee Young Seok
- Yu Dong Woon
- Michael Pidgen
- Lee Hui Yong
- Lee Hui Sun
- Lee Il Kyung
- Lee Hae Kyung
- Lee Moon Kyung
- Lee Ho Won
- Kim Young Soon
- Kim Jong Yul
- Han Yu Gyung
- Chon Gum Chol
- director of photography
- Jason Lee
- cinematographer
- Kim Tea Gon
- sound recordist
- Sohn Jong Chae
- production coordinator
- Robert Joe
- motion graphics
- Jason Lee
- picture editing
- Jason Lee
- narration script editor
- Oisin Curran
- online editor
- Denis Gathelier
- titling assistant
- Mariangelica Forero
- digital imaging consultant
- Susan Gourley
- Éloi Champagne
- Pierre Plouffe
- technical coordinator
- Daniel Claveau
- foley recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- music recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- sound editing
- François Lacasse
- narration recording
- François Lacasse
- sound mixer
- Shelley Craig
- foley artist
- Karla Baumgardner
- Rod Thibeault
- driver
- Ahn Jung Soon
- Yang Hoe Un
- Lee Jin Ho
- Lee Jun Oh
- music composer
- Hong Nan-Pa
- lyrics
- Lee Won-Su
- acapella performance
- Lee Il Kyung
- Lee Hae Kyung
- musical arrangement
- Luigi Allemano
- musician
- François Pilon
- Marie-Claire Cousineau
- Sheila Hannigan
- Maude Lussier
- Luigi Allemano
- Min Rager
- Xavier Lepage-Brault
- additional music
- jsn
- administrative support
- Gisèle Guilbault
- Victoire-Émilie Bessette
- Elaine Largie
- Rosalina Di Sario
- Michael Fukushima
- Marcy Page
- David Verrall
- Roddy McManus
- development assistance
- Kat Baulu
- Ravida Din
- research interviews
- Lee Young Seok
- Lee Young Ja
- translation assistance
- Young Tae Lee
- Heejoo Yoon
- Chae Wha Lee
- Hun Yu Gyong
- legal consultant
- Remy Khouzam
- Stéphane Moraille
- production insurance
- Kirk Thompson