‘Spring of Seoul’ Director Kim Sung-soo, Park Hae-il, and Jung Jin-young participate... 1,025 filmmakers, ‘Call for Yoon‘s dismissal’ Video statement
Photo courtesy of the Film Industry Crisis Overcoming Filmmakers‘ Solidarity
Produced under the auspices of the Filmmakers‘ Solidarity for Overcoming the Film Industry Crisis, this video statement includes the names of the 1,025 filmmakers who participated in the statement, including film industry veterans Jung Ji-young, Im Soon-rye, Heo Jin-ho, ‘Spring in Seoul’ Kim Sung-soo, ‘1987’ Jang Joon-hwan, ‘Wonderland’ Kim Tae-yong, ‘Daum, Sohee’ Jung Joo-ri, ‘Lovestruck in the City’ Director Lee Eon-hee, and actors Jung Jin-young and Park Hae-il. The names of the participants were displayed in the ending credits. Also, it included famous lines from Korean movies that are in the same vein as the impeachment situation, as well as images of citizens who went to the protest site while anxiously waiting for the Constitutional Court to hand down the verdict on Yoon Seok-yeol’s impeachment trial.
The direction of the video statement was done by Choi Ha-na, director of the movie ‘The Return of Superman’, and it was produced with footage provided by filmmakers recording the scene and Newstapa, the Korea Center for Investigative Journalism.
The filmmakers explained the background of the release of the ‘Video Statement by Filmmakers Calling for Yoon Seok-yeol‘s Impeachment’, saying, “Since the 12.3 civil war, we have demanded that Yoon Seok-yeol be impeached immediately to protect the Constitution of the Republic of Korea.” They continued, “We have believed in the power of the sovereign who has protected the democracy of the Republic of Korea, and have waited patiently for several months for the Constitutional Court to impeach Yoon Seok-yeol based on a universal and common-sense judgment.” Here, he said, “Korean films have always been with the history of Korean democracy,” and appealed once again, “The Constitutional Court must immediately impeach the accused Yoon Seok-yeol and protect the Constitution of the Republic of Korea!”
Meanwhile, the Yoon Seok-yeol Immediate Resignation and Social Reform Emergency Action is currently conducting a 72-hour, 1 million-person online emergency petition campaign, “Citizens’ Signatures Nationwide Urging the Constitutional Court to Immediately Impose Yoon Seok-yeol for Delaying the Sentencing.”
Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com
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