Motherland
Cuba Korea USA
US/Cuba | 2006 | 41 minutes | Color | DVD | Spanish | Subtitled | Order No. 09942
SYNOPSIS
Asking probing questions about identity and economic and social justice, Kim-Gibson explores the ways in which we determine our ethnic, national, and cultural loyalties. The compelling stories in Motherland Cuba Korea USA weave a complex web and illuminate the search for an understanding of "motherland" in a globalized society.
PRESS
“[R]ecommended, especially for ethnic studies collections.” EMRO
“With high production values and clear and correct subtitles, Kim-Gibson’s film brings… divergent ideologies front and center for interested viewers.”
“If anyone can give a new twist…[on] the ubiquitous topic of identity in an original way…it's this veteran.”
“Riveting…a fascinating exploration of identity and motherland told through the lens of modern Cuban and Korean histories.”
“Inspiring...Convinces me that solidarity…among immigrants…could create a new meaning for this world and make it a more peaceful home for all of us.”
SCREENING HIGHLIGHTS AND AWARDS
- Pusan Int’l Film Festival, South Korea
- San Francisco Int’l Asian-American Film Festival
- Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
- Asian American Int’l Film Festival, New York
- Tulipanes Latino Art and Film Festival, MI
ABOUT FILMMAKER(S)
Dai Sil Kim-Gibson is an independent filmmaker/writer, known for championing the compelling but neglected issues of human rights. All of her films garnered many awards, including the Kodak Filmmaker Award, and were screened at numerous festivals worldwide, in addition to national broadcast on PBS and on the Sundance Channel in the United States. She has received grants from the Rockefeller and MacArthur Foundations. Formerly professor of religion at Mount Holyoke College with a Ph.D in religion from Boston University, and an author of many articles, "Silence Broken: Korean Comfort Women" is her first book (The Philadelphia Inquirer, "unforgettable") and her second book is "Looking for Don: A Meditation." She has also complied and edited a memoir by her late husband, Donald D. Gibson, "Iowa Sky." Her own memoir, "Korean Sky" is now available at Amazon.com. (3/16)