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Miracle on Jongno Street = 종로의 기적 / [directed by Lee Hyuk-Sang].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Korean
- Subjects (All):
- Gay men--Korea (South).
- Gay men.
- Gay rights--Korea (South).
- Gay rights.
- Gay liberation movement--Korea (South).
- Gay liberation movement.
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)--Korea (South).
- Coming out (Sexual orientation).
- Gay activists--Korea (South).
- Gay activists.
- Korea (South).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (124 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- South Korea : CinemaDAL, 2010.
- Language Note:
- In Korean with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- A story about 4 gay men who try to lead a normal life in Korea, the conservative and harsh country for LGBT in Asia. In the middle of making a queer film Jun-moon, a director, loses his self-confidence due to social scrutiny regarding his sexual orientation. Byung-gwon, a gay rights activist, has been participating in movements to establish equal rights for homosexual laborers. Young-soo, a chef who moved from the countryside 15 years ago, lived a lonely life but he finds happiness after joining a gay choir. Yol, who works for a major company, dreams of the day him and his partner, can have a legal wedding with overcoming the prejudice against people living with HIV/AIDS.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 01, 2017).
- Won 2010 Pusan International Film Festival, Mecenat Award
- OCLC:
- 1022762778
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