
After Coal: Welsh and Appalachian Mining Communities
2016


How the first President, Syngman Rhee, founded a nation
Since South and North Korea's liberation in 1945, North Korea, a communist dictatorship that suppresses freedom and oppresses human rights, and South Korea, which has entered the path of economic prosperity and advanced countries based on freedom and democracy, have taken different paths. How did the two countries with the same language, history, and race, become divided into two extreme countries? A work that highlights the sacrifices and struggles of President Syngman Rhee and the first generation of founding members who worked to create and protect today's Republic of Korea over the past 70 years of history.
Directed by Kim Deog-young









Syngman Rhee
Self (archive footage)

Kim Deog-young
Self

Ryu Seok-chun
Self
David Fields
Self
Song Jae-yoon
Self
Gregg Brazinsky
Self
Lee Ho
Self
Michael Breen
Self

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