June Films

22/05/2025

We are so honored to support the work in celebrating Advocacy and Equity in our UW Community!

05/05/2025

Such an honor to support community in their storytelling and connection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8OtPtp4p

Please enjoy this sneak peek at Friends of Little Saigon's short film "Sàigòn to Seattle: 50 Years After the War". The film will be screened for the Little S...

19/11/2024

It is an incredible honor to be a part of the lost and found show at the Wing Luke Museum. It it's incredibly humbling to capture this moment in memory of my own exploration in creating art.

This piece, The Bridge, will be here for over 2 years.

I make art under the name of my ancestor, Chu Ki Won. He was captain of the palace guard, minister, started a Women's College, revolutionist against the Japanese, and was an organizer for the Sam-il Movement. He was also from Pyongyang.

I made this art piece about the Orphans that were left behind. War tears families apart with cruelty and ferocity. We are bearing witness to actions in the world that has real impact in the daily life and we are living this period in time with a lot of fear, anxiety and grief. Our children are watching us.

We are living through a time of great transition.

Let's honor each others humanity.

https://www.wingluke.org/lostandfound

31/05/2024

As a woman in community, I get to listen and witness the leadership of the next generation. It is humbling to share the same space with Mariama Suwaneh whose breadth of compassion and understanding of deep complex systems is honest and genuine.

When we talk about the work, we often don't talk about truth and reconciliation.

Truth and Reconciliation is a space of open dialogue and sharing our honest feelings and building that bridge through reconciliation.

There is so much I would love to share about the joy and hope, but alas, here's a portrait of Mariama Suwaneh, a rising leader in our community.

thank you University of Washington's Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity for this wonderful opportunity to capture the first Spark Recipient.

OMA&D celebrates Mariama Suwaneh as the inaugural OMA&D Spark Award Recipient. In this video, Mariama shares her journey to the University of Washington, her...

21/05/2024

As a young child, my mother would tell me stories of our family in Korea and stories of growing up after the war. I was riveted by our family history. My mother gave me music. She put the food of my people in my belly. We would play games of our our culture like Yoot Nori. (It's like game like "Sorry" but you toss sticks in the air instead of dice.) I am forever in awe of the gifts, talents and love my mother has given me.

Sharing our stories and capturing it into one moment is an honor.

I have been honored to work with the University of Washington's Office of Minority Affairs & Diversityfor the past couple of years, and it is always amazing to interview the Odegaard Award recepient. This is a legacy award for Social Justice and Civil Rights Advocates. I was honored to hold space for Chairman Leonard Forsman and his family and his community.

To acknowledge our Native Americans sovereignty and honor their place in our community is listening to our collective wisdom. We share our stories to preserve our culture, to honor our past, and hold our hearts in our hands for our children.

Often, I get to sit in a room and monopolize the time to be in conversation with amazing people. It is an honor to share a wonderful story of love, family and community service.

I got to visit the Suquamish Tribal Museum, and was escorted around the museum. There were a pair of sticks. The Staff Member explained, "It's for a gambling game." I smiled. They looked like my Yoot Nori sticks. It is quite a tremendous honor to see what the tribal community has built in their lifetime.

Thank you Chairman Forsman for your leadership, your service and sharing your culture with me.

This video was produced by June Films for the University of Washington Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity to be shown at the 2024 Annual Celebration Gala...

08/04/2024

I'm honored to announce that our art film "The Bridge" was invited to be shown at the Gene Siskel Center for Foundation For Asian American Independent Media for The 27th Annual Asian American Showcase.

This is the film format version.

It is a humble little piece, but to see it in the same venue that I would watch global art films as a nascent filmmaker in high school and college is truly a full circle moment.

Thank you for your support.
I'm coming home in May.