Synopsis

In Gyeonggi-do Gapyeong-goon in 1993, Doomealee elementary school was closed. The Education Executive decided that the school had too few students to be sustainable. It was not a matter of education itself but of money that made the decision. In fact, as a result of government policy small schools were closing all over Korea. The villagers of Doomealee filed suit against the policy, and during the struggle all the villagers-parents and children alike-remained of one mind and drew wide sympathy from outside. It took three years before the case was decided.

Director

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  HONG Hyung-sook
  

  Born in 1962. Graduated from audio visual education department at Ewha Womans University. She is one of the representative Korean independent documentary filmmakers. She has been a member of Seoul Visual Collective since 1987, and directed , was invited to numerous film festivals and was awarded the Audience Award at DMZ Docs – 2009 and the Independent Film of the Year’ Award by the Association of Korean Independent Film and Video.
  
  경계도시 2 The Border City 2 (2010)
  경계도시 The Border City (2002)
  본명 선언 Reclaiming Our Names (1998)
  변방에서 중심으로 On-Line: An Inside View Of Korean Independent Film (1997)
  두밀리 - 새로운 학교가 열린다 Doomealee: A New School Is Opening (1995)

Credits

• Director  Hong Hyung-sook
• Producer  Seoul Visual Collective
• Cinematographer  Hong Hyo-suk
• Editor  Kim Seon-a, Hong Hyo-suk

Distributor/World Sales

• Distributor/World Sales  Cinema DAL
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