Film Screening:

Bandhobi

(Shin Dong-Il, 2009, 107 min, South Korea, in Korean with English subtitles, Color, DVD)

--Introduced by Prof. Nayoung Aimee Kwon, AMES

A breakthrough South Korean indie film, Bandhobi tells the story of a frustrated and rebellious high school student who ends up becoming friends with a migrant worker from Bangladesh who is desperate to receive his unpaid back wages. The title means "female friend" in Bengali.

Cost: Free and open to the public

Sponsors: The Asian/Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), and the Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)