Join us for a screening of Jeronimo, a documentary about Korean Cubans who fought for Korea's independence as well as in the Cuban revolution. Director and UC San Diego alumnus Joseph Juhn will serve as our guest speaker for this event. Q&A to follow the screening.
Synopsis:
In 1905, 1,033 Koreans were sold as indentured servants to landlords in Yucatán, Mexico. Some of them moved to Cuba in 1921 in search of a better life, only to face more hard labor and discrimination. Jeronimo Lim Kim was born there in such a time of uncertainty. He joined the Cuban Revolution with his law school classmate Fidel Castro, became an accomplished government official in the Castro regime and even worked with Che Guevara. In his later life, after his first and only visit to his homeland in 1995, he rediscovered his ethnic roots and spent his final years reconstructing a Korean Cuban identity and community in Cuba. More:
http://www.jeronimothemovie.com/.
Director/Producer: Joseph Juhn
Executive Producer: Blaine Vess, Wonju Lee, Danny Woo, Ted Kang
Co-Producer: Marlies Gabriele Prinzl, John Nahm
Assistant Producer: Jason Byeun
Associate Producer: Songbae Lee, Yong-Ok Kim Center (Professor Edward Chang)
Project Supporters: 홍정욱, 강경화, 법륜스님, 조원희, 박성우, 최병선, 박용재, Jin Lee, 김희석, Lydia Schroter, Gregor Bailer, 박찬호, 김정은 (Jekkie Kim), Seung Bak, 김수현 (Thomas Kim)
Transcription/Translation: Marlies Gabriele Prinzl, Mariano Núñez
Regional Camera Crew: Jaeson Song, Kihoon Oh (Cuba), Paul Hong (Seattle), Han Kyul Kim (Seoul), John Maxwell (Los Angeles), Kevin Lee (Oakland), Ibai Vigil-Escalera (Miami)
Cuba Film Crew: Jaesun Song, Jennifer Prufer, Grace Subervi, Kihoon Oh, William Juhn