The HFA’s yearlong examination of war continues with a reflection on the events of the Korean conflict of the 1950s. Although euphemistically termed a police action by the U.S. government, the war had dire and far-reaching impact as the battle lines of the Cold War solidified around the world. This series presents a collection of American films produced in the wake of the war and two more recent pieces from South Korea which consider the long term impact of these events on contemporary Korean society.

This program is co-presented with the Korea Institute at Harvard University and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology who present Reconfiguring Korea: Roger Marshutz’s Photographs of Pusan, 1952–1954 on view through September 10.  For more information, please visit www.peabody.harvard.edu.