Land of My Father

[Subtitled] [Plays May 15-23 as part of the MSPIFF39 Redefined: A Virtual Film Festival. Live Q&A with the filmmaker on May 18 at 7:00 p.m.; for more information, log on to mspfilm.org/festivals/mspiff.] While tenacious South Korean tree farmer and activist Noh Byeong-Man, whose father suffered greatly as a forced laborer by Japan, travels to Tokyo over and over again to protest in front of Japan's National Assembly Japan's continual territorial claim to the Korean-controlled island of Dokdo in Minnesota native Matthew Koshmrl's interesting, informative, inspirational, 76-minute, 2019 documentary punctuated by beautiful seascapes, passionate housewife Choi Gyeong-Suk organizes trips to Dokdo island and founded the Choi Gong-Deok Memorial Foundation to honor the legacy of father who resided on island.
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