Sound of Nomad Koryo Arirang

The documentary starts with a diva of a tragic family history related to a history of migration The rare archival footage reanimates her history reverberating with the current world crisis Sound of Nomad Koryo Arirang is a testimonial a witness to injustice and tragedy but it is also a declaration of survival a survival that is not static but transformative not brittle but fluid The trains that displace the deserts that separate form one harsh horizon a historical limit but within that limit against it and across it are people are a culture not escaping but flourishing unofficially with the affective majesty of a melody a rhythm an Arirang