Justin Kim WooSŏk
Directing
Biography
Born in South Korea and raised in LA, Justin has lived and worked across Latin America, Spain, and Central Asia. He interested in exploring the intersection of documentary filmmaking, ethnographic research, and oral history. His work focuses on creating portraits of communities and recording histories that are under threat of erasure due larger structural forces such as colonialism and climate change, in particular stories from Asia or the the Asian diaspora.
Known For
An immigrant fishing family is forced to decide whether to stay or leave Alaska behind after the snow crabs disappear.
Sarajin
In Mongolia, Munkhjargal dreams of following in both her father's and her ancestors' footsteps as a horse trainer. Unfortunately, her entire way of life is threatened by a once rare but increasingly common phenomenon of extreme and unrelenting cold known as dzuds, which is forcing Mongolian herders to rethink their nomadic way of life.