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Title Reach for the sky / VisualAntics & Boda Media Group present ; a co-production of National Geographic Channel ZDF/Arte ; a film by Steven Dhoedt, Choi Wooyoung
공부의 나라 = Kongbu ŭi nara
Published Sausalito, CA : VisualAntics/Boda Media Group : Cat & Docs, 2015

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Description 1 streaming video file (1 hr., 30 min.)
Summary Every year, on the 2nd Thursday of November, the entire country of South-Korea is put to the test. That day, more than half a million high school senior students take part in the National University Exam, better known as Suneung. Reach for the Sky tells the story of several South-Korean high school students, their families and teachers, as they prepare for the annual National Exam. The exam will not only determine where the high school seniors will attend university but ultimately also their status in the Korean hierarchical society
Notes 52 minute "short version" also available
Credits Steven Dhoedt, director, producer, cinematographer ; Choi Wooyoung, director ; Ha Sinae, producer ; Gert van Berckelaer, producer, editor ; Regina Lok Yan To, music
Notes In Korean with English subtitles
Description from landing page (Film Platform, viewed November 16, 2016)
Subject Universities and colleges -- Korea (South) -- Entrance examinations
Education and state -- Korea (South)
High school students -- Korea (South)
Education and state.
High school students.
Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations.
Korea (South)
Genre/Form Streaming video
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Dhoedt, Steven, film director, film producer, director of photography
Choi, Wooyoung, film director
Ha, Sinae, film producer
Berckelaer, Gert van, film producer, editor of moving image work
Lok Yan To, Regina, composer