Hye-Jung Park
For nearly 3 decades, Park has worked in media for social change, with a range of roles, from media administrator to media activist, to independent curator and independent filmmaker – but consistently as a community activist for social change. Her aim in her media work throughout has been to nurture emerging progressive filmmakers, to help activate media organizing, and to create and support the creation of media that sparks critical thought and spurs action for change. Her own films have primarily focused on the need to end war and militarization of the Korean peninsula – and examining the U.S. role in the tensions there.
Awarded Grants
2017
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
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Overview
Hye-Jung will create The Korea Peace, a series of short web documentaries that examines the tensions between the U.S. and North Korea and provides both historical and current information and analysis, while humanizing the people who live in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), especially women and families. Through interviews with women workers in North Korea and other activists, the web series will provide an alternative to mainstream and U.S. governmental explanations of why we are so close to war. The series will prompt viewers to question what the role of the U.S. has been on the peninsula, and the responsibility the U.S. bears to try to defuse tensions.
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