The Netflix hit taps into a deep vein in South Korea cinema that explores topics of greed and inequality.
in 1987. “We can no longer tolerate social contempt, economic poverty and political alienation. We must not wait for anyone to speak on our behalf.”
In the 1980s, students, civic groups and labor unions pressured the government into full democratization, staging demonstrations and enduring amid harsh crackdowns in which some protesters were killed. The nationwide rallies in summer 1987, sparked by the authoritarian leader Chun Doo-hwan’s handpicking of his successor, were a turning point.
mid-1990s. These trailblazers included Bong Joon-ho, the director of “Parasite” and “Okja,” a 2017 film about corporate greed that follows the story of a girl who tries to rescue her pig from the U.S. meat industry.
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