IN THE ABSENCE

29 min

When the passenger ferry MV Sewol sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014, over three hundred people lost their lives, most of them schoolchildren. Years later, the victims’ families and survivors are still demanding justice from national authorities. Courtesy of Field of Vision.

Director: Yi Seung-Jun

Producer: Gary Byung-Seok Kam

Executive Producer: Laura Poitras, Charlotte Cook

Cinematographer: Yi Seung-Jun, Park Hyuck-Ji, Park Bong-Nam, Lim Yu-Chel, Park Jung-Nam, Seo Jae-Kwon, Han Kyung-Soo

Editor: Yi Seung-Jun

Composer: Hwang Myung-Soo

Language: Korean

Country: USA, South Korea

Year: 2019

US Distributor: Field of Vision

Asian/Asian American

Human Rights

Politics