Jeronimo is 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 speak about the film. Q&A to follow the screening.
In 1905, 1,033 Koreans were sold as indentured servants to landlords in Yucat??n, 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.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Giesel Library, Seuss Room
U.C. San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093
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Tuesday, January 14 - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
In 1905, 1,033 Koreans were sold as indentured servants to landlords in Yucat??n, 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.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Giesel Library, Seuss Room
U.C. San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093
- [CAMPUS MAP]
Tuesday, January 14 - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
