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AsiaLENS: JERONIMO Online Filmmaker Discussion

  • Event Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2021
  • Time: 4:00 pm –5:00 pm (CDT)
  • Location: Online
  • Cost: Free, registration required

Online Filmmaker Discussion

Tuesday, October 12, 2021, 4:00 pm via Zoom

Virtual Screening

Friday, October 8, 2021, 5:00 pm–Friday, October 15, 2021, 5:00 pm
(A link to view the film will be emailed to registered participants on 10/8/2021.)

Registration

Registration is required for both the online viewing and online conversation, and the viewing link and password will be included in the Zoom registration confirmation email.

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Event co-sponsored by Spurlock Museum, the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) (external link), and the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies (CEAPS) at Illinois (external link).

This event is supported by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center (NRC) program.

About the Movie

Born in 1926 to Korean indentured servant parents in Cuba, Jeronimo Lim becomes the first Korean to enroll in university in the same school and year as Fidel Castro. Jeronimo joins the Cuban revolution and later becomes a Vice Minister in the Castro government, crossing paths with Fidel and Che Guevara. However, after being disillusioned with the unfulfilled promises of communism, and after visiting his homeland, Korea, in 1995, Jeronimo becomes a changed man and dedicates the remaining years reconnecting to his Korean roots and singlehandedly rebuilding the Korean community in Cuba. (Joseph Juhn. 2019. Cuba / South Korea / United States. 93 minutes.)

About the Director

Joseph is an award-winning lawyer-turned-filmmaker with a passion for diasporic narrative. His first feature documentary, JERONIMO, which is about a Korean Cuban revolutionary, drew over 20,000 audiences when it opened in theaters in Korea. Moreover, the film was selected at 17 film festivals around the world, winning several awards on the way.

Prior to working on JERONIMO full-time, Joseph was an in-house counsel at the Manhattan-based South Korean government agency (KOTRA) for 4 years where he advised Korean companies and entrepreneurs on US intellectual property and startup law. Here, his job revolved primarily around soft IP law, assisting companies draft business strategies around their IP assets while implementing mechanisms to avoid potential IP disputes with US counterparts.

Passionate about causes pertinent to the Korean American community, Joseph also served on the steering committee of KSE (Korean Startups & Entrepreneurs), a non-profit with an aim to empower entrepreneurs of Korean descent in the US.


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Contact

For further information on this event, contact Katya Reno at or (217) 244-8483

All participants are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at or (217) 244-5586.