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Min Sook Lee is a writer, broadcaster and an award winning documentary film director/producer. | |||
In 2006 she released the short docu-poem Borderless, a film about undocumented workers in Canada. Borderless has screened internationally at festivals in Asia and North America. Her feature documentary, Hogtown: The Politics of Policing was awarded Best Feature-length Canadian Documentary at the 2005 Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival. Her first feature El Contrato, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, and broadcast on TVO, was nominated for the Gemini award for Best Social/Political Documentary in 2005. El Contrato has screened at international festivals and was awarded the Best Documentary Award from the Ibero American Film Festival in 2003. Min Sook was also presented with the Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award for El Contrato’s impact on the rights of migrant workers. | |||
Min Sook has just released the feature length documentary Tiger Spirit, a reunification road trip through the two Koreas which premiers at Hot Docs 2008. In 2008 she will also release the documentary Badge of Pride, the story of queer cops in Canada. | |||
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Arts Film Documentary Media Arts Visual Arts Person
Min Sook Lee is a writer, broadcaster and an award winning documentary film director/producer.
In 2006 she released the short docu-poem Borderless, a film about undocumented workers in Canada. Borderless has screened internationally at festivals in Asia and North America. Her feature documentary, Hogtown: The Politics of Policing was awarded Best Feature-length Canadian Documentary at the 2005 Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival. Her first feature El Contrato, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, and broadcast on TVO, was nominated for the Gemini award for Best Social/Political Documentary in 2005. El Contrato has screened at international festivals and was awarded the Best Documentary Award from the Ibero American Film Festival in 2003. Min Sook was also presented with the Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award for El Contrato’s impact on the rights of migrant workers.
Min Sook has just released the feature length documentary Tiger Spirit, a reunification road trip through the two Koreas which premiers at Hot Docs 2008. In 2008 she will also release the documentary Badge of Pride, the story of queer cops in Canada.