Gwangju Video: The Missing(2020)

Gwangju Video: The Missing is a documentary that uncovers the untold stories behind footage that documented the 1980 Gwangju Uprising in South Korea. On May 18, 1980, a pivotal moment in the city's history was captured by ordinary citizens who risked everything to record the truth. The film traces the lives of those who filmed and distributed the video, exploring how their courage shaped the historical record. Forty years later, filmmakers pursue a crucial gap in the evidence: four missing hours of footage from the mass shooting. Through interviews and archival investigation, Gwangju Video: The Missing reveals how these witnesses preserved a suppressed chapter of Korean history and the personal cost of their activism.