Ban This Series: Tiger Spirit

Both a political and personal look at the division between North and South Korea, Tiger Spirit captures how this troubled history and fractured nationhood impacts the lives of ordinary people whose families are separated by the border. Beginning as a search for proof of tigers living in the wild in Korea’s DMZ, Canadian filmmaker Min Sook Lee embarks on an emotional journey to understand the country her family left when she was a child. This sensitive portrait of collective and individual trauma takes a hopeful look at reunification, taking its camera on both sides and investigating the soul of a nation torn apart.

Director Min Sook Lee will be in attendance for a post-screening discussion.