A Woman Judge

Film info
Director: Hong Eun-Won
Cast: Moon Jung-suk, Kim Seung-ho, Yu Gye-seon, Um Aing-ran
Cert 12, 85mins, 1962
“I will defend her to the end!” Heo Jin-suk, the titular protagonist of Hong Eun-won’s first film – and only the second Korean feature by a woman director – is defending her mother-in-law who has confessed to murder, but she could be speaking for all women’s rights.
This screening will be introduced by So Mayer. So Mayer is a film journalist, film lecturer, poet and activist. Member of queer feminist curation collective, Club des Femmes.
Close-up Film Centre, 10 Nov 2019 8:00 pm
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