The first trailer of Netflix's Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club was unveiled by the streamer on Tuesday. The upcoming documentary film is described as, a "cinematic ode to the golden era of Korean cinephilia."
Set in Seoul in the 1990s, the documentary helmed by Lee Hyuk-rae shows us how film clubs had an abundant presence on Korean college campuses, and were giving college-goers the opportunity and creative space to study the art of Cinema. The Korean pop culture, which has seen a global boom today, can be traced by to these formative years in the country.
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club also features the members of the Yellow Door Film Club back then, which included a young Bong Joon-ho, who is now considered legendary worldwide. The documentary's director Lee was also one of its members. Bong played an integral part in managing the club's video library, meticulously, collecting critically acclaimed cinema from around the world.
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club will make its premiere worldwide at the 28th Busan International Film Festival, which will go on from October 4 to 13. On Netflix, it will make its premiere on October 27.