In 1990, the Year of the White Horse has record-breaking sex-selective abortion rates. The unborn survivor calls upon the White Horse Woman from the past and future.
“She is the White Horse. Born in 1930, unborn in 1990, born again in 2050. She returns, undead, every 60 years.”
The film revolves around Jeon’s struggle to embody the White Horse, a Chinese zodiac sign which occurs every 60-year cycle in South Korea. With the abortion debate’s entanglement with misogynic myths and the introduction of modern technologies, an untold history resurfaces in the present, and re-orients us towards the future. Korean and grammatical structure of the future perfect tense in English, are weaved to contemplate ruptures, repetition of time, and violence against women.
Language: Korean and English with English Subtitles
Country: United States
Genre: Documentary, Experimental
Year: 2020
Runtime: 13 minutes