The Hidden Gems

Hyounjeong Yoo was born in South Korea and worked at several prestigious universities as an instructor. Initially, she was keen on East Asian language and literature. She had researched 15th-century Japanese language and the relationship between other East Asian languages. Her academic interests expanded into the field of film studies and the exploration of classical cinema. After she moved to Canada, she started discovering Canadian and Indigenous cinema, which was entirely new to her. Her goal is to continue writing about East Asian cinema to provide more insights to Western spectators, and to learn more about Indigenous filmmakers and their perspective as a visual minority.