Through the lens of their feminist, politically engaged granddaughter, two Korean grandmothers challenge the traditional roles expected of them.
In South Korea, young women raised K-pop light sticks in the streets and brought down a president. A feminist
filmmaker turns her camera on her two grandmothers, women who have never once joined a protest, silenced by
war-era stigma and a lifetime inside a Korean patriarchal family. Late in life, they begin to claim their own voices,
and through a playful collaboration with their granddaughter, they reform the patriarchal square — starting in a
grandmother's room and turning the home itself into a place of political agency.
Arum Nam, a documentary director from Seoul, South Korea, holds a Master's degree in Documentary Filmmaking from the Korea National University of Arts. She directed a short documentary "Pink Femi," which tells the story of a feminist mother, and co-directed “Teleporting” with Japanese directors during the pandemic. “K-family affairs” is her first feature documentary.
