BUSAN, South Korea (AFP) – A new documentary featuring a late K-pop star’s final interview unveils complex truths about South Korea’s notoriously brutal music industry while highlighting her defiance of pressure to conform to societal norms. Dear Jinri, which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), revolves around singing star Sulli’s last Netflix project, an unfinished film […]
The film explores the singer's lonely childhood and battles with self-perception as a woman in a world that can be intensely focused on appearance. It also spotlights the pressures of the K-pop world.
Dear Jinri is provocative portrait of late K-pop idol Sulli. When K-pop star and actress Sulli (real name: Choi Jin-ri) was found dead in her home in October 2019, the news sparked a public reckoning about the pressures of South Korea s entertainment industry and a culture of cyberbullying by a toxic and misogynistic fan base.
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