Date of Award
Fall 1-14-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Film and Media Studies
First Advisor
Véronique Bernard
Second Advisor
Kelly Anderson
Academic Program Adviser
Andrew Lund
Abstract
Morkovcha, Korean Carrot Salad is a short documentary that tells a story of ethnic Koreans from Russia and the post-Soviet territories making their new home in New York City. The history of the diaspora is told through conversations with my mother, personal stories, fragmented memories, and my family photo archive. This very personal film is my attempt to revisit the 160-year history of the Russian Korean diaspora and to record and preserve our unique fusion of cultures in the melting pot that is the United States. Its purpose is to help to process and accept the tragic past of my ancestry to move forward.
An important character of the film is Morkovcha, the Korean carrot salad, an invention of the Russian Korean diaspora; its essence is symbolic of our mixed identity. The name itself is the merging of two words: “Morkov,” the Russian word for carrot, and “Cha,” a phonetic variation of the Korean word for salad.
Recommended Citation
Kan, Lidiya A., "Morkovcha [Korean Carrot Salad]" (2021). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/685
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