By Seung-Jun Yi
In the Absence begins on April 16, 2014, the day the MV Sewol, a passenger ferry carrying over 400 people¡ªincluding school children¡ªsank near Jeju Island. Over 300 people lost their lives that day. In the wake of this horrific incident, people across South Korea, including those whose loved ones had perished, sought transparency and accountability from national authorities.
Years later, these families and their supporters are still fighting for answers for what happened on that fateful April morning.
This powerful documentary combines intimate interviews with victims' families, survivors, and rescue divers with breathtaking archival footage and audio recordings obtained from the South Korean authorities. The result is a compelling yet compassionate story of the people whose lives were forever changed by this tragedy.
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