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CITY OF BORDERS provides an original view of the vibrant underground community at the only gay bar in Jerusalem where people of opposing nationalities, religions and sexual orientations create a sanctuary among people typically viewed as each other’s “enemy.” This powerful and provocative documentary intimately portrays the daily lives of five Israeli and Palestinian patrons as they risk their lives challenging taboos and navigating the minefield of politics, religion and discrimination to live and love openly. Set against the construction of the separation wall between Israel and the Palestinian territories and the struggle for a gay pride parade in the Holy City, these five inter-woven stories reveal the contradictions and complexities in the struggle for acceptance. In observing the lives of the bar regulars, CITY OF BORDERS explores the bond forged when people from warring worlds embrace what everyone shares in common—the right to be accepted and belong—rather than be defined, or divided by their differences.
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Yun Suh
Yun Suh’s love of visual storytelling sparked at age 8 when she immigrated to Connecticut from South Korea without knowing a word of English. Television and movies became a vital classroom where she learned the language and the American culture. She is the Producer, Director, and Writer for the award-winning documentary City of Borders, which follows the community at the only gay bar in Jerusalem where Israelis and Palestinians share common need for belonging and acceptance while facing extraordinary risks for challenging society’s greatest taboos. City of Borders premiered at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival where it won a special Teddy (Audience) Award and continues to screen worldwide from Toronto to Tokyo.
Suh began her media production while working as a journalist in broadcast radio and television news for over ten years. As a journalist, she has traveled around the globe from Panama to Palestine. Her journalism nominations include Best Radio Documentary for Sabra & Shatilla (2003), on the survivors of the 1982 massacre of Palestinians in Lebanese refugee camps, and an Emmy nomination for news feature Comfort Women (2001), a story of an illiterate Korean woman who paints to break her 50-year silence on being forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army. Prior to journalism, Suh studied biology, psychology and poetry at University of California at Berkeley. Her poetry has been anthologized in several books including two volumes for the National Library of Poetry. She currently serves on the board of Asian Women United to fund creative works by and for Asian American women.
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