VERITA$: A Critical History of Harvard
Director: Shin Eun-jung
(The Film is 81 minutes, available on this page in English and Korean).
Harvard’s monumental but disquieting global power is revealed in this film. Aspects of Harvard are explored that are not generally known, from the Salem Witch trials to Harvard’s ties to Eugenics at the beginning of the 20th Century and its contemporary ties to US foreign policy and neoliberalism. Verita$ uses historical footage and interviews with many people, including Noam Chomsky, to provide a sweeping narrative of more than 400 years of Harvard’s influence.
Director Shin Eun-jung (1972 - 2012)
베리타스 한국어판
The Filmmaker:
Shin Eun-jung was from Gwangju, South Korea, where the 1980 People’s Uprising was a key event in the overthrow of continuing US-backed military dictatorships. A student activist, she later worked as a TV writer for nine years. From 2000 to 2004, she directed the Gwangju Human Rights Film Festival, which screened documentaries from around the world. Verita$ is her first solo film, for which she was awarded a prize as the Best Director of a Documentary at the 2011 New York International Film Festival. She also produced Korean book and DVD versions of Verita$.
Shin Eun-jung (1972 - 2012)
Filmography
Bada’s experience as a filmmaker grew organically from her years of work as a television news writer in Gwangju and Seoul. . In addition to feature length films, she produced many shorts.
Moonset over MIT
Moonset over MIT & Harvard.
Noam Chomsky interview opposing the naval base on Jeju island, South Korea (English with Korean substitutes) 3 minutes
Legacy of the Gwanju Uprising
A brief documentary about Gwangju Uprising which I made to commemorate 30th anniversary of the 5.18 People’s Uprising. It is helpful to understand the Gwangju Uprising and South Korean history.
Director Shin Eun-jung Documentary Prize
From time to time, the Eros Effect Foundation awards a limited amount of money to films nearing completion. We support films made in the activist tradition of Verita$. Past winners have included films on migrants rights in the United States and the SeoWol disaster in Korea
Sisters
Korean language film produced collaboratively about the transformation of a traditional market in Gwangju