Koh Heeyoung Explained
| Birth Place: | Jeju Island |
| Occupation: | Film-maker |
| Notable Works: | Breathing Underwater (documentary film) |
Koh Heeyoung is a South Korean film-maker, who is the director of Breathing Underwater, a documentary on haenyo.[1] [2] Its production was part of wider efforts to raise awareness of, and UNESCO listing for the culture of haenyo.[3] [4] The film premiered at the Korean Cultural Centre Australia.[5] Another early screening was also held at the London Korean Film Festival.[6]
Born in Jeju, where the haenyo are from, Koh spent seven years collecting footage. In 2019 she was invited to the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Sweden, where an exhibition on the haenyo and a showing of Breathing Underwater were held to commemorate 60 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.[7]
Filmography
- 2016 - Breathing Underwater
References
- Web site: Kotzathanasis . Panos . 2016-12-13 . Koh Heeyoung's "Breathing Underwater" is a heart-breaking documentary . 2024-07-13 . Asian Movie Pulse . en-US.
- Web site: Koh Hee-young, Director of Haenyeo Documentary ‘Breathing Underwater’ . 2024-07-13 . world.kbs.co.kr . en.
- Book: Service, Korean Culture and Information . KOREA Magazine November 2017 . Korean Culture and Information Service . en.
- Book: Selection, Seoul . SEOUL Magazine July 2017 . 2017-07-01 . Seoul Selection . en.
- Web site: [Cinema Interview] 'Breathing underwater' depicts the underwater life of Korean women divers ]. 2024-07-13 . SBS Language . en.
- Web site: Arts . View of the . 2016-11-17 . The 11th London Korean Film Festival: Breathing Underwater . 2024-07-13 . VIEW OF THE ARTS . en.
- Web site: 2024-07-13 . The Exhibition ‘Haenyo - Women of the Sea’ at Östasiatiska Museet 상세보기ActivitiesEmbassy of the Republic of Korea in the Kingdom of Sweden . 2024-07-13 . web.archive.org.
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