Last Letters a Memoir
A short film documentary, "Last Letters" is a memoir from the families of those lost in the Sewol Ferry tragedy in April 2014.
On April 16, 2014, the Sewol Ferry, on its way to Jeju Island in South Korea, had held 476 passengers and of those 476 passengers less than 70 survived the capsizing of the Sewol Ferry itself.
The passengers on board the Sewol Ferry were mostly Danwon High School secondary students. This is where Nils Clauss' documentary comes in because his short film shares the stories of several families who lost loved ones on board the Sewol Ferry tragedy of 2014.
The short film begins with two students running through fields in which I could only assume now, after watching the film that these two students …show more content…
The family members take their photos with space between where their now dead brother, father, sister, or daughter, would have stood to pose within their families.
While we watch the families pose for their family portraits we are also given verbal memories of each of the recently passed students and parents that died in the Sewol Ferry disaster.
The verbal accounts are not given a face but come from a genuine source. I can hear the hurt and tears that come from one of the mothers whose daughter died in the Sewol Ferry. She states that she had planned to take new family portraits after her daughter's return from her school trip.
This account is what had led the other families to also take family portraits. They also give space in their portrait where their lost family member would pose.
Different family members share their pain, their sorrows, and memories. One account was of a son who lost his father on the ferry. He shares that he deeply regrets not telling his father that he loved him, that he never held his hand, and that he never inquired about the letter he sent his father years
A short film documentary, "Last Letters" is a memoir from the families of those lost in the Sewol Ferry tragedy in April 2014.
On April 16, 2014, the Sewol Ferry, on its way to Jeju Island in South Korea, had held 476 passengers and of those 476 passengers less than 70 survived the capsizing of the Sewol Ferry itself.
The passengers on board the Sewol Ferry were mostly Danwon High School secondary students. This is where Nils Clauss' documentary comes in because his short film shares the stories of several families who lost loved ones on board the Sewol Ferry tragedy of 2014.
The short film begins with two students running through fields in which I could only assume now, after watching the film that these two students …show more content…
The family members take their photos with space between where their now dead brother, father, sister, or daughter, would have stood to pose within their families.
While we watch the families pose for their family portraits we are also given verbal memories of each of the recently passed students and parents that died in the Sewol Ferry disaster.
The verbal accounts are not given a face but come from a genuine source. I can hear the hurt and tears that come from one of the mothers whose daughter died in the Sewol Ferry. She states that she had planned to take new family portraits after her daughter's return from her school trip.
This account is what had led the other families to also take family portraits. They also give space in their portrait where their lost family member would pose.
Different family members share their pain, their sorrows, and memories. One account was of a son who lost his father on the ferry. He shares that he deeply regrets not telling his father that he loved him, that he never held his hand, and that he never inquired about the letter he sent his father years