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Jan 14, 2020Jan 14, 2020 from 3:00pm–5:00pm

Jeronimo: The Untold Tales of Koreans in Cuba Film Screening

Jeronimo: The Untold Tales of Koreans in Cuba Film Screening

Attend a free screening of Jeronimo: The Untold Tales of Koreans in Cuba, a documentary about Korean Cubans who fought for Korea’s independence as well as in the Cuban revolution. Director and UC San Diego alumnus Joseph Juhn will give a brief lecture on the film. Q&A to follow the screening. Film Synopsis: In 1905, 1,033 Koreans were sold as indentured servants to landlords in Yucatán, Mexico. Some of them moved to Cuba in 1921 in search of a better life, only to face more hard labor and discrimination. Jeronimo Lim Kim was born there in such a time of uncertainty. He joined the Cuban Revolution with his law school classmate Fidel Castro, became an accomplished government official in the Castro regime and even worked with Che Guevara. In his later life, after his first and only visit to his homeland in 1995, he rediscovered his ethnic roots and spent his final years reconstructing a Korean Cuban identity and community in Cuba.

Date and Time

Jan 14, 2020Jan 14, 2020 from 3:00pm–5:00pm

Location

Seuss Room, Geisel Library

Event Registration

Registration is not required for this event.

Event Fee

Free

Contact

Ellysa Lim    e7lim@ucsd.edu    858-534-1183

Audience

Faculty, Staff, Students, The General Public

Event Host

UC San Diego Library

Event Category

Talks and Lectures