Name: The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin
Start: 2024-09-28T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-28T18:00:00-04:00
Location: William Doo Auditorium

The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin

Uncovering Memories: Violence, Cold War, and East AsiaThis film screening series presents three films that explore experiences and memories related to violence, imperialism, and the Cold War in East Asia.By critically examining the Japanese armed group's resistance against neo-imperialism (East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front), the unrecorded memories of women in U.S. camptowns in South Korea (The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin), and the herstory of the April Third Incident that spans Japan, South Korea, and North Korea  (Soup and Ideology), these films delve into the enduring impacts of state violence and socio-cultural trauma. These discussions are essential not only for understanding the past but also for addressing its ongoing resonance in contemporary society.

U of T East Asia Film Screening Series

Directors: Dong-ryung Kim, Kyoung-tae Park / Star: Insun Park / 2022 / South Korea / Running time: 115 min

William Doo Auditorium

<h3>Program</h3> 2:30 Venue open for audience3:00 - 3:05 Greetings and introduction3:05 - 5:00 Screening5:00 - 5:10 Break5:10 - 6:00 Conversation with Professor Lisa Yoneyama <h3>Synopsis</h3>In a shanty village, next to the US Military Base soon to be demolished, lives a former US military comfort woman, Park Insun. Collecting trashes for daily living, she has several visits from various seekers. One night after she discovers the death of her colleague, she is spotted by the Death Messengers and be the object of examination. Considering the nameless women in the town who will become ghosts after their silent death, the Death Messengers try to make a fiction so that they could take them to Death. However, Park decides to make her own ‘true story’ to fight back the extinction.<a href="https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20190665" title="https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20190665" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">(https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20190665)</a> ---------------The event organizers introduction:The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin explores the unrecorded memories of U.S. camptowns in South Korea, raising the critical question: Can the subaltern speak? By juxtaposing the relentless forces of capitalism and developmentalism that obscure the history of the Cold War and the collusion between the South Korean state and U.S. imperialism, this horror fantasy film encourages us to consider how the untold stories of women can be captured and shared. Recognizing the challenges of straightforward documentation, the film follows Park In-soon, a camptown woman, on her journey to craft her own narrative. Her story highlights the complexities of representing women's experiences within the confines of established discourse.

<h3>Sponsors</h3> Department of East Asian Studies, University of TorontoDr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies, University of TorontoCheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, University of TorontoCinema Studies Institute, University of TorontoJackman Humanities Institute, University of TorontoWomen &amp; Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto

<h3>About this series...</h3> Uncovering Memories: Violence, Cold War, and East AsiaThis film screening series presents three films that explore experiences and memories related to violence, imperialism, and the Cold War in East Asia.By critically examining the Japanese armed group's resistance against neo-imperialism (<a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1001615217077?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1001615217077?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front</a>), the unrecorded memories of women in U.S. camptowns in South Korea (<a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1001626741547?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1001626741547?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin</a>), and the herstory of the April Third Incident that spans Japan, South Korea, and North Korea (<a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1001632067477?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1001632067477?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Soup and Ideology</a>), these films delve into the enduring impacts of state violence and socio-cultural trauma. These discussions are essential not only for understanding the past but also for addressing its ongoing resonance in contemporary society.

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