Unexpected alliances : independent filmmakers, the state, and the film industry in postauthoritarian South Korea /

Park, Young-a, 1968-

Unexpected alliances : independent filmmakers, the state, and the film industry in postauthoritarian South Korea / Young-a Park. - xi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-192) and index.

Introduction -- Film activism : film as a means for political activism -- Independent film : cultural production in post-authoritarian conditions -- Beating the Titanic : independent filmmakers at the helm of cultural nationalism -- Transforming activist culture : women filmmakers and new film spaces -- Film festival fever : circulation of independent films -- New cultural spaces, new sensibilities.

9780804783613 (cloth : alk. paper)


Independent films--Political aspects--Korea (South)
Motion picture industry--Korea (South)

791.43095195 / P2199