Former Chicago resident, Iris K. Shim is an award winning filmmaker who just completed her 1st featured documentary entitled, “The House of Suh.”

Sister and Brother, Catherine and Andrew Suh, are sentenced to 100 years in prison, for the cold-blooded murder of Robert O’Dubaine, Catherine’s fiancé of 8 years.  This murder case shocked the Korean-American community in Chicago and ignited media frenzy in 1993. As the Suh’s complex history unfolds, issues of cultural assimilation, traditional values and justice are examined, raising questions of guilt, innocence and the illusive gray area in between.  The film attempts to reconstruct the elements of a family torn apart, raising questions of whether it is the options we are given or the choices we make that define who we are.

MSNBC just picked up the documentary and will be broadcasting it on National Television!

AWARDS:
2010 Hamptons International Film Festival: Investigation Discovery Award for Excellence in Journalism
2010 San Diego Asian American Film Festival: Grand Jury Award
2010 Philadelphia Asian Film Festival: Best Documentary & Audience Award

EQ: Who are your influences?
IS: Storytellers, whether through words, pictures, music or images.

EQ: What are your hobbies?
IS: I’ve taken an affinity to photography lately.

EQ: What are your some of your current and future projects?
IS:  Working on getting my Masters in Fine Arts at Columbia University as well as developing another feature documentary project.

EQ: What do you like about your EQ Bag?
IS: Durability, aesthetics, but most of all, the modular flexibility!

EQ: What configuration do you rock?
IS: Mostly the Assault Messenger, but occasionally for a heavy duty day, the Assault P.A.C.

Meet Iris at the next screening:
February 7th @ U of I, Asian American Cultural Center
February 8th at 5:30pm @ UIC.

View the trailers for The House of Suh: THOS YouTube TrailerTHOS Vimeo Trailer

For updates on The House of Suh visit: www.thehouseofsuh.com and follow them on Twitter and Facebook.

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