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    Mary' Place

    Melissa Kyu-Jung LEE 1998 Australia Documentary color 51min English Betacam
    Turning outrage into action is the theme of this anti-violence documentary, In 1996, Mary, a young lesbian mother, was brutally beaten and raped as she left a popular gay nightspot in south Sydney. Within weeks of being bashed, Mary was Speaking out as a survivor of misogynistic a homophobic violence. Her courage inspired a group of volunteers to reclaim the Flood lane, where the attack occurred as queer space. Mary's outspokenness helped bring together the South Sydney Council, the lesbian and gay anti violence Project, local business and area residents for the common goal of eradicating the kind of abuse she suffered.

    Director

    Melissa Kyu-Jung LEE

    Born in Korea, Melissa has lived in Seoul, Tehran and Sydney. Melissa is a BA (communications) graduate of the University of Technology; and a Masters (Honors) graduate of the Australian Film Television and Radio School, specialising in writing, directing and producing documentary In 2001, Melissa was voted one of the "30 Rising Stars under 30" by the Sydney Morning Herald's mag; was the recipient of the prestigious Ogawa Shinsuke Prize at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Japan.

    Melissa Kyu-Jung LEE

    1998 Mary' Place

    2000 Soshin: In Your Dream

    2001 A True Story About Love

    Producer: Melissa Kyu-Jung LEE

    Director: Melissa Kyu-Jung LEE

    Cinematographer: Kathryn Milliss

    Editor: Angus Reid

    Sound: Paul Finlay

    Australian Film Television & Radio School
    ruths@aftrs.edu.au

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