News Release

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November 4, 2005

Boise State to Present Screening of Documentary 'Seoul Train'

Boise State University, in partnership with Idaho Public Television and the Independent Television Service, will present a screening of “Seoul Train” at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in the Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room. “Seoul Train” will run again at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 16 in the second-floor lounge at BSU West. Each screening will be followed by a question-and-answer session, and both are free and open to the public.

“Seoul Train” examines the growing and potentially explosive humanitarian crisis threatening East Asian peace: the lives and deaths of North Koreans as they try to escape their homeland and China. “Seoul Train” tells the story of the politics and bureaucracy that refugees are forced to deal with, as well as the story of the activists who put themselves in harm’s way to save them via an underground railroad.

“Seoul Train” is part of the Diverse Perspectives Film Series, a community engagement project. Films are selected from the Emmy award-winning public television series Independent Lens, which airs on Idaho Public Television at 10 p.m. each Tuesday. The next film in the series, “Negroes with Guns,” will be screened Jan. 18-19 at Boise State and BSU West.

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Contact: Michele Larson, Student Activities, (208) 426-1242, michelelarson@boisestate.edu ; Lynn Allen, ITVS, (208) 345-4453, xyzallen@cableone.net
Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu
 

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Last reviewed on Thursday, December 22, 2005