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    A True Story About Love

    Melissa Kyu-Jung LEE 2001 Australia Documentary color 27min English Betacam
    Originally conceived as a theoretical piece on Korean-American documentary filmmakers and cross-cultural identity in America, 《A true story about love》ends up a personal and probing film about love, sexuality and the complex ethics of documentary filmmaking.
    The film tells the "true" story of Melissa Lee, a Korean-born Australian eho goes to San Francisco to interview Korean-American filmmaker for her film school project. Early in her travels, she meets and has a fling with Richard's friend, Marc, a Japanese-American, former actor, whom Melissa eventually falls in love with, and Melissa faces the notions of "truth" and ethics in documentary filmmaking.

    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: Melissa Kyu-Jung LEE

    Editor: Stafford Wales

    Sound: Phil Myers

    Australia Film Television & Radio School

    ruths@aftrs.edu.au

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