COMING 2023

An intimate conversation series about the Korean War

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Finding connection through our common history begins with a conversation.

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June 25, 1950 | 6.25 | ⁠육이오

70 years ago, on June 25, war broke out on the Korean peninsula when North Korean armed forces crossed the 38th parallel in a surprise invasion of the South. The Korean War raged on for the next three years resulting in the deaths of millions, many of them civilians. Though an armistice was signed in 1953, without a peace treaty, the war never formally ended.⁠

70 years later, the remnants of the devastation remain—in the physical and political division between the two Koreas, in the threats of new violence, in the separation of loved ones longing for reunion, and in the trauma carried by the survivors. ⁠

For many Korean-American millennials, these survivors are our grandparents. That generation is quickly passing, and with them, the time to hear their voices is running out. Today, we remember their resilience. For those still with us, let’s ask questions and have conversations. For those no longer with us, we preserve their history.⁠

Today, we remember a “forgotten war.”⁠

This project is in the pre-production stage with a goal of launching our full series Summer 2022.

Until then, we’ll be sharing

 
  • Stories from our own archives (interviews & videos from 2012 & 2013 that sparked our desire to record the stories of our grandparents),

  • Short lessons about the Korean War so that we can learn our history together,

  • Prompts to inspire curiosity & start your own conversations with your family.

A short clip of a story we filmed in 2013.

 

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