A Roar of the Prairie
2015
Competition Feature
OH Minwook | 2015 | Documentary | Color | HD | 86min 16sec
SYNOPSIS
A familiar sound of the civil defense drill sirens blasts through the rain-falling neighborhood of Beomjeon-dong, Busan. Subsequently, the rain stops and a breeze blows. The mysterious breeze passes through an ‘abandoned village (Dolchool Village) and then the ‘Red Alley (street address 300)’ until it vanishes as a great ‘roar.’
DIRECTING INTENTION
There are people who have witnessed everything. They lived by the prairie. Here’s what they saw:
[Japanese flag got burned down. War ended. The US armed forces who arrived in Busan from the Gamman 8th Port discovered this wide prairie. The prairie that was once occupied by the Japanese. The US armed forces set up a camp on that prairie. War broke out once more. The Star-Spangled Banner was flying on the roof. American flag got burned down. The American forces started to leave. The US military returned the prairie. The prairie has now become a park.]
There were people who witnessed these scenes. They are now gone from the prairie.
FESTIVAL & AWARDS
2015 13th Green Film Festival in Seoul
2015 20th Independent Film&Vedio Makers
2015 15th Seoul International NewMedia Festival
DIRECTOR

OH Minwook
HIALEAH: People on the Prairie (2014, HD, 27min)
Ash:Re (2013, HD, 65min)
Phase (2012, HD, 20min)
1987061020080610 (2008, HDV, 12min)
STAFF
Director Oh Minwook
Producer Tackju Corp.
Screenwriter Oh Minwook
Cinematography Oh MInwook, Oh Junyeong
Editor Oh Minwook
Music Woo Sungjin
Sound Mixing Kim Donghwan
Title Design Jeong Hyejin
Illustration Ha Jihun