A Resistance(HKAFF 2019)

One of Korea’s most iconic freedom fighters, Yu Gwan-sun was only 17 when she died in prison, mercilessly tortured for organizing a violently suppressed pro-independence demonstration in what would eventually be known as the March 1st Movement. She continued her struggle to the very end, a harrowing journey brought vividly to the screen through a steeled turn from Go Ah-sung (Snowpiercer). An homage to Yu’s unyielding courage during the final year of her life, this mostly black-and-white biopic depicts the cramped, inhumane conditions the activist and other inmates endured, and how their resistance rings loudly beyond the thickest of prison walls.