CELEBRATION OF THE FREER | SACKLER KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL
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District Journal was delighted to attend a Program Honoring Film Director Jang Jin and Celebrating the Freer | Sackler Korean Film Festival on Sunday May 31st at the elegant Cosmos Club.
Julian Raby, the Dame Jillian Sackler Director of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art, Yang-Ro Yoon, and Professor Klaus Nehring were our gracious hosts.
Attendees were treated to a cocktails, dinner, and a dance Performance by the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company (DTSBDC).
Distinguished guests included:
His Excellency Ahn Ho-Young
Ambassador Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the United States
The Honorable Vincent C, Gray
Former Mayor, District of Columbia
Tom Vick
Curator of Film, Freer | Sackler Gallery
Dana Tai Soon Burgess
Founding Artistic Director of Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company (DTSBDC)
Soohyun Koo
Managing Principal at Luceque Global Group
Nichola Hays
Gallery Manager, the Arts Club of Washington
Christian Oh
Executive Director at Asian Pacific American Film – APA Film
ABOUT JANG JIN
In Korea, Jang Jin is famous as a playwright, theater director, movie director, and mastermind of the often-controversial television show Saturday Night Live Korea. Earlier this year, the International Film Festival Rotterdam honored Jang with a retrospective. Tony Rayns wrote that the director “is best known for one thing: satire. He doesn’t respect institutions, powerful individuals or dogmas of any kind. He believes, endearingly, that satirical comedy might change society more effectively than throwing Molotov cocktails.”
UPCOMING FESTIVAL FILMS
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Miss Granny 수상한 그녀 (Hwang Dong-hyuk, 2014, 124 min.)
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A Hard Day 끝까지 간다 (Kim Seong-hun, 2014, 111 min.)
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