Gwangju Buk-gu Operates Humanities Lectures Learning from Foods in Movies

Gwangju Metropolitan City Buk-gu announced that it will operate a 'Food Humanities Lecture' that reexamines food stories appearing in movies from the 27th of this month to the 17th of next month to cultivate residents' humanities literacy.

The Food Humanities Lecture is a program designed to help residents understand the humanities meaning and local food culture based on the unique traditions and memories embedded in each food.

Marking its 13th year, this lecture series is themed 'Our Eating and Drinking Stories in Movies' and will be held at the Namdo Local Food Museum every Friday from 1 PM to 3 PM during the operation period, with about 30 residents per session, totaling 4 sessions.

The sessions will cover ▲1st session 'Tastes Experienced While Filming' ▲2nd session 'Alcohol and Food Found in Chwi-hwa-seon' ▲3rd session 'Dishes and Alcohol Featured in Movies' ▲4th session 'Food Stories in Eat Pray Love,' with instructors including Jin Mo-young, director of Do Not Cross That River, Yoon Ik, director of Art Gwangju, film director Park Ki-bok, and poet Go Jae-jong.

Any local residents interested in movies and food can participate free of charge, and enrollment will be on a first-come, first-served basis through visits, phone calls, or the website of the Namdo Local Food Museum until the 13th of this month.

A Buk-gu official said, "This humanities lecture is a valuable opportunity to learn about the various meanings contained in foods we easily encounter in daily life and to broaden our humanities knowledge, so we hope many residents will show great interest and participate."

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