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Shim: American Opens a Cafe at the DMZ (2024)

Movie ★ 10.0 17 min

Documentary War History Action

A cafe is growing, tucked in to the mountainside air raid shelter of the DMZ borderlands. A light light flickers, illuminating the past, present, and future. I'll see you at the DMZ! Shim was a free, one-day pop-up cafe staged in Yangji-ri village’s air raid shelter at the Korean DMZ. Referencing Korean cafe culture’s fixation on third place, the DMZ’s evolution from security tourism, to ecological peace tourism, and its repurposing as art production site, Shim attempts to intervene and align the past and present. Yangji-ri was one of many minbuk propaganda villages established by the Park Chung Hee regime in the 1960s to showcase the farming bounty and prosperity of the south for a North Korean gaze. The village was formerly part of the Civilian Control Line (CCL) until 2013 when it was reterritorialized as a normal part of South Korea.

Kim Westfall Director

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Quick facts

Released
November 1, 2024
Runtime
17 min
Rating
NR
Budget
$100.0M
Language
,

Themes

Cast

Kim Westfall American Artist Villagers Themselves DMZ Self Kim Westfall Korean cafe worker

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Frequently asked questions

What is Shim: American Opens a Cafe at the DMZ about?
A cafe is growing, tucked in to the mountainside air raid shelter of the DMZ borderlands. A light light flickers, illuminating the past, present, and future. I'll see you at the DMZ! Shim was a free, one-day pop-up cafe staged in Yangji-ri village’s air raid shelter at the Korean DMZ. Referencing Korean cafe culture’s fixation on third place, the DMZ’s evolution from security tourism, to ecological peace tourism, and its repurposing as art production site, Shim attempts to intervene and align the past and present. Yangji-ri was one of many minbuk propaganda villages established by the Park Chung Hee regime in the 1960s to showcase the farming bounty and prosperity of the south for a North Korean gaze. The village was formerly part of the Civilian Control Line (CCL) until 2013 when it was reterritorialized as a normal part of South Korea.
Who directed Shim: American Opens a Cafe at the DMZ?
Shim: American Opens a Cafe at the DMZ was directed by Kim Westfall.
Who stars in Shim: American Opens a Cafe at the DMZ?
Shim: American Opens a Cafe at the DMZ stars Kim Westfall, Villagers, DMZ, Kim Westfall.
When was Shim: American Opens a Cafe at the DMZ released?
Shim: American Opens a Cafe at the DMZ is a 2024 documentary, war, history, action film.
Where can I watch Shim: American Opens a Cafe at the DMZ?
You can watch Shim: American Opens a Cafe at the DMZ with full details, cast, and streaming options on 3eyedraven.