Coming to You (너에게 가는 길) Movie Screening

yPINKS 연분홍치마 is one of the most important queer feminist activist groups in South Korea since the early 2000s, composed of filmmakers who have made numerous award-winning documentaries on gender and sexual minorities, sex workers, labor activists, Sewol ferry victims, among others. One recent award-winning film from them includes Coming to You 너에게 가는 길 directed by Byun Gyuri.

Offering a rare, years-long look at two supportive mothers alongside their queer kids, Coming to You celebrates the strength of each family's supportive bonds even amid an often hostile cultural climate. As late-teen Hankyeol works through countless obstacles in transitioning, their mother Nabi moves from struggling to understand to becoming their best advocate and ally. At the same time, flight attendant Vivian supports her gay son Yejoon as he navigates life as a newly out university student in Toronto and back home.

Providing an intimate glimpse into the trajectory of all four lives, Director Byun Gyu-ri makes space for both the struggles and victories accompanying each character's movement into living out queer lives. First loves, operations, marches, and bureaucratic obstacles combine to make for an expansive look at the evolving terrain of queerness in Korea over days and years. Through it all, each small family's bonds hold firm, becoming stronger from each obstacle. By its end, Coming to You crystallizes into an honest showcase of both the endurance and the value of familial closeness and support.

Join us for a special viewing of the movie with a Q&A with the director herself, Byun Gyuri, and indulge in some free kimbap! 

 

Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Time: 5:30 PM EST

Location: Fisher-Bennett Hall 401

Movie Run Time: 93 minutes

 

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This event is supported in collaboration by Penn's East Asian Languages and Civilizations department, Cinema & Media Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, and the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies.