Reset
Reset

Reset

Not Rated
2025•105 min•Documentary
Wokeness Score: 0.0/10Not Woke

Woke Reasons

No wokeness reasons yet. Be the first to rate!
Documentary
0 Reviews
On April 16th, 2014, the Sewol Ferry sank in South Korea, taking with it the lives of 304 of its 476 passengers. South Korea's worst maritime disaster traumatized a nation while simultaneously sinking the country's emotional spirit. The film asks why the rescue of Korea's children and people was neglected on the fateful day the Sewol sank.
Sign in to unlock reactions and edit your reviews. Sign in

Submit Your Review

1 = "Not Woke"10 = "Very Woke"

More Like This

Geographies of Kinship
Not yet rated

Geographies of Kinship

Documentary

2019

In this powerful tale about the rise of Korea’s global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and reconnect with their roots, mapping the geographies of kinship that bind them to a homeland they never knew.

0 reviews
Korea: The Never-Ending War
Not yet rated

Korea: The Never-Ending War

DocumentaryWar

2019

Shedding new light on a geopolitical hot spot, the film — written and produced by John Maggio and narrated by Korean-American actor John Cho — confronts the myth of the “Forgotten War,” documenting the post-1953 conflict and global consequences.

0 reviews
Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror
Not yet rated

Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror

DocumentaryCrime

2022

Anonymous and exploitative, a network of online chat rooms ran rampant with sex crimes. The hunt to take down its operators required guts and tenacity.

0 reviews
Seven Years-Journalism without Journalist
Not yet rated

Seven Years-Journalism without Journalist

Documentary

2017

A total of 17 journalists have been fired since 2008, the beginning of LEE Myung-bak’s presidential term. They fought against the companies that they worked for succumbing to power and are now frustrated at reality where censorship of the press by authority has now become a norm. Can they continue their activities as journalists?

0 reviews
K-Family Affairs
Not yet rated

K-Family Affairs

Documentary

2025

In her first feature-length documentary, filmmaker Nam Arum turns her camera on her parents, two members of South Korea’s 386 Generation. The political activism of this generation came to a head in June 1987 with major protests that forced the authoritarian government to hold universal suffrage elections and implement key democratic reforms. Over 35 years later, the filmmaker reflects on the state of this democracy through a warm-hearted family portrait set against the backdrop of the country’s recent history. Using a personal and intimate cinematic style, Arum examines her father's adherence to conventionality as a high-ranking civil servant and her mother's fervent enthusiasm as a feminist activist. In the midst of these two contrasting dynamics, Arum seeks to discover her own role and how she can contribute to social change.

0 reviews
South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning
Not yet rated

South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning

Documentary

2024

FRONTLINE and The Associated Press examine allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea’s historic foreign adoption boom. The documentary investigates cases of falsified records and identities among the adoptions of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over decades.

0 reviews
Shadow Flowers
Not yet rated

Shadow Flowers

Documentary

2021

Ryun-hee Kim, a North Korean housewife, was forced to come to South Korea and became its citizen against her will. As her seven years of struggle to go back to her family in North Korea continues, the political absurdity hinders her journey back to her loved ones. The life of her family in the North goes on in emptiness, and she fears that she might become someone, like a shadow, who exists only in the fading memory of her family.​

0 reviews
Permission to Exist
Not yet rated

Permission to Exist

Documentary

2020

In just sixty years, South Korea went from being one of the poorest countries on the Asian continent to having the 12th largest economy in the entire world. Every year, it is measured that Korean students have some of the highest test scores and a higher rate of acceptance into Ivy League schools compared to all other nations. But on the flip side, South Korea also has one of the highest suicide rates in the developed world, the highest gender pay gap of all developed countries, and the highest plastic surgery rate per capita. Always expected to receive top scores and constantly bombarded by media and messages that seem to demand nothing short of visual “perfection,” how do these individuals come to accept and learn to love themselves as they are?

0 reviews