Yunah Hong

Yunah Hong is a New York based video/filmmaker. She was born in Seoul, Korea, and moved to New York in 1985 to pursue her studies in video art. Her latest documentary is "Between the Lines: Asian American Women’s Poetry" (2001). Her documentary, "Becoming an Actress in New York" (2000) named a final nominee for aMedia’s 2001 Ammy Awards for Best Documentary. Her other works include "Styles Section", "Through the Milky Way", which was awarded First Prize in Video Art at the 1992 Tam Tam International Video Festival in Italy, "Here Now", winner of the Special Jury Award at the 2nd Seoul Short Film Festival, and a feature screenplay, "Monday", which was an official selection of PPP 1998: Pusan International Film Festival Film Market in Korea.

She received a B.F.A. degree in applied arts from Seoul National University and a M.A. degree in communication arts from New York Institute of Technology. (03/02)

Between the Lines:
A film by Yunah Hong, 2001, 60 min., Color
BETWEEN THE LINES offers rare interviews with over 15 major Asian-Pacific American women poets. Organized in interwoven sections such as Immigration, ...

Memory/all echo
A film by Yunah Hong, 1990, 27 min., Color
“Based on selections from late Korean-American writer Theresa H.K. Cha’s ‘Dictee’, this work by videomaker Yun-ah Hong gives primacy to her staccato,...

Through the Milky Way
A film by Yunah Hong, 1992, 19 min., Color
This experimental videotape focuses on a Korean woman's experience of emigrating to Hawaii at the turn of the century and her sense of displacement ar...