2015 April 27, Monday, 6:45PM, CGV Theatre One
(South Korea, 2014) Dirs.: Lee Sang-ho, Ahn Hae-ryong
A documentary made in the immediate aftermath of a national trauma typically favors heightened immediacy over deeper analysis, and whatever the missteps and limitations of its guerrilla-style approach, THE TRUTH SHALL NOT SINK WITH SEWOL brings impressive urgency and plenty of outrage to bear on a tragedy that will demand continued scrutiny in years to come. Emerging barely six months after the South Korean ferry disaster that claimed the lives of more than 300 passengers in April, this raw, ragged, controversy-stirring item never pretends to take a comprehensive view of its complex subject, instead using a narrow account of one man’s stonewalled rescue efforts to pry open a small, infuriating window on the staggering levels of government incompetence and media collusion at work.
D-Cinema, 77 minutes, Color, Documentary, in Korean w/E.S.