Lee Taewoong: Korean History, Archival Footage, and KBS Documentaries

Lee Taewoong is a producer for KBS, holding a position in the sports bureau since 2003. After his initial feature lengths explorations of ssiruem, football, and archery, he soon turned to more historic, social, and cultural work. His hugely successfully and acclaimed documentary 88/18 depicted the real life experiences of Korean people as they prepared for the Olympics, from the President, to middle-class aspirants, leftists protestors, and school children. This approach to covering Korean society as it actually existed was continued in the series Modern Korea – a multipart documentary based on Taewoong’s signature style of archival footage, music, and narrative-less full-length features. I sometimes compare his work to Adam Curtis’ and believe much of what he has done is better than most Korean history books out there.

 

88/18 Documentary: https://youtu.be/cS-MZlwLqYQ

Ssireum Documentary: https://youtu.be/pK-rDB7PliM

1968 - 싸우면서 건설한다: https://youtu.be/WnGZQhA-mAg

Modern Korea Documentary: https://modernkorea.wordpress.com/

 

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