Sa-I-Gu: From Korean Womens' Perspectives (1993) Part 1/3

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The video description below is from the Center for Asian American Media (CAMM) website and is available for purchase or rental:
http://caamedia.org/buy-caam-films/film/?i=175

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Title: SA-I-GU: From Korean Women's Perspectives
Specs: Documentary | 1993 | 36 min | English & Korean w/English subtitles

April 29 marks the anniversary of a tragic day in American history. Violence, arson and looting erupted in South Central Los Angeles, sparked by the acquittal of the four policemen who had beaten an African American, Rodney King. During the tragic days of the riot in 1992, Korean Americans suffered about half of the $850 million in property damage, not to mention the emotional and psychological pain. In the days and weeks that followed, media coverage of the upheaval was extensive but rarely presented a fair and in-depth portrayal of the victims. They made the Black/Korean conflict the cause of the crisis, not a symptom.

Sa-I-Gu, literally April 29, presents this Los Angeles crisis from the perspectives of Korean women shopkeepers and offers an alternative to mainstream media's inability or refusal to present the voices of victims in human terms but make them issues and numbers. Sa-I-Gu provides a perspective that is essential to discussions on the Los Angeles unrest that brought numerous social issues to the forefront — racism, class divisions, crime, violence, poverty, the urban underclass and political, economic and cultural empowerment.

Writer/Director/Producer/Narrator:
Dai Sil Kim-Gibson

Co-Director/Co-Producer:
Christine Choy

Co-Producer:
Elaine Kim

Awards:
Bronze Plaque, Columbus International Film & Video Festival
Bronze Award, Houston International Film Festival
Rosebud Award, Washington, D.C.

Recognition:
National PBS Broadcast, POV
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For information on the filmmakers:
http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm698.shtml
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159563/
http://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/faculty/profile.php?person=8

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Sa-I-Gu
• April 29
• Dai Sil Kim-Gibson
• Christine Choy
• Elaine Kim
• Korean
• Korean American
• African American
• Asian American
• 1992 LA riots
• Rodney King
• Latasha Harlins
• racism
• white supremacy
• short film
• documentary

[DarkNeon]

Thank you so much for posting this. It gives me hope.

[habunami]

@DarkNeon

Wow, what an inspiring comment. You give us hope!!!

[1simo93521]

Sounds like the Blacks were trying too ethnically cleanse the Koreans.

[SPQRImperator]

lol @ 9:21. Yeah, LA really is a shithole like Mexico. lol

[joel1975]

@1simo93521 Is there a source that said every black person was trying to ethnically cleanse the Koreans?

It's like saying every Korean is a racist individual towards black people, which we know isn't true.

[DOA011970]

The USA a better place to live than Korea or Europe??? of course! keep - keep dreaming.

The USA will kill you and your children if that fits for them. Yes, a nice society to every Korean -Americans. But please keep dreaming...