Gwangju 5.18 Unknown

Natacha Plessis-Troadec, Fanny Steenkeest, Blandine Goguet De La Salmonière, Azéline Chenu

France / 2023 / Experimental, Documentary / 28’59”N2401751

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SYNOPSIS

While Michel Polnareff sings 'Qui a tué Grand'maman' in 1971, South Korean demonstrators in Gwangju reuse his melody 9 years later to defend their freedom. FIGHT, ART, MEMORY are three words that sum up Gwangju 5.18. UNKNOWN. What place does art have in the collective memory of a traumatic event for an entire generation, for an entire country?

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