09/29/2022
By Claire Lee
The Center for Asian American Studies at UMass Lowell is hosting a screening of "The Chosen" (dir.: Joseph Juhn) on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
The documentary, "The Chosen," is about five Korean American politicians from vastly diverse backgrounds with competing political views, who ran for the U.S. Congress in 2020. David Kim is the only underdog with limited resources vying to be the first AAPI representative from the 34th Congressional District in California.
Joseph Juhn is a lawyer-turned-filmmaker with passion for diasporic narratives. Joseph's first feature documentary, "Jeronimo", a film about a Korean Cuban revolutionary, opened in theaters in Korea in 2019 and sparked a nationwide discourse on the concept of Korean diaspora.
Prior to working on “Jeronimo” full-time, Joseph was an in-house counsel at the Manhattan-based South Korean government agency (KOTRA) for four years where he advised Korean companies and entrepreneurs on US intellectual property and startup law. Joseph studied Film and Video at UC San Diego and got his JD at Syracuse University College of Law.
"The Chosen" event is sponsored by the Center for Asian American Studies, and cosponsored by the Political Science Department, Sociology Department, Asian American Center for Excellence & Engagement, and College of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences.
Please register for this Zoom webinar.
For more information, contact Claire_Lee@uml.edu. Thank you and look forward to seeing you then!