IN THE ABSENCE

IN THE ABSENCE

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
Executive Producer: Laura Poitras, Charlotte Cook
Producer: Gary Byung-Seok Kam
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
Music: Hwang Myung-Soo
Language: Korean
Country: USA, South Korea
Year: 2019
US Distributor: Field of Vision