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Hijos

A story of Korean descendants in Havana, Cuba who learn about, succeed values and identity from their grandparents and dream of Korea. In 1905, Korea was going through political and social turbulence and poverty and approximately a thousand of Korean ancestors migrated to the Caribbean and Latin America with the Mexican dream under the fraudulent labor contract. Unfortunately, the majority of the migrants were forced to farm slavery and ended up being left in exotic lands after their legal documents were destroyed. History remains and conveys painful facts, however, young descendants today talk about hopes and try to find own ways to be proud daughters and sons from Korea.

*'Hijos' means 'daughters and sons' in Spanish.

  • AJ Kim
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 15, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Cuba
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - AJ Kim

After years of professional fieldwork in Non-Governmental Organizations handling global humanitarian issues in Asia, she moved to Vancouver, Canada in 2012 to discover different aspects of human life and matters. Travel & documentary photography and filmmaking is a big part of her passion delivering diverse and authentic cultural stories. She highly admires traditional, hidden, and marginalized social components. She has been aiming to engage in more social value creation through production works as well as young leadership projects.

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