Associate Professor Dong Hoon Kim’s new article, "Comrade Kim Goes Global: Refiguring North Korean Cinema in a Global Context," was published in the Fall 2020 issue of Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context.

In his article, Kim tracks North Korean cinema’s forays into the global film scene in the past several decades to illustrate and discover a historical trajectory of the global dimension of North Korean film, focusing on the production and reception of two films, A Schoolgirl’s Diary (2006) and Comrade Kim Goes Flying (2012).

The article is available for download on the journal’s website.

Dong Hoon Kim’s research and teaching interests include visual culture, early cinema, film and media spectatorship, and Asian film, media and popular culture. He has been engaged with a variety of activities in the field besides his academic research, directing short films, working for film festivals, and serving as consultant to film companies.