Saturday, November 14: 5:30 pm

Father and daughter try to build a posthumous portrait of the filmmaker’s Korean grandfather. Born deaf in Japan during its occupation of Korea, Key Jin Yun was raised learning only to write and sign in Japanese. After Japan’s defeat in 1945, the occupation ended and the boy and his family returned to Korea. Through the details of Key Jin Yun’s life, Speech Memory examines the impact of immigration and cultural assimilation, revealing the shifting complexities of language, national identity, and memory.

(precedes How I Am)

This film is part of the Love Against the Odds series