Did you know that one of the leaders of the Cuban revolution along-side Fidel Castro and Che Guevara was a Korean man named Jeronimo? This is the fascinating story told in JERONIMO, a film by Joseph Juhn.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/293761140

Please join KACF-SF and the Council of Korean Americans & filmmaker Joseph Juhn in a FREE virtual film screening of JERONIMO. 

Friday, September 18
4:00PM PDT (Screening)
6:00PM PDT (Live Q&A)

A little more about the film...

In 1905, 1,033 Koreans were sold as indentured servants to landlords in Yucatán, Mexico. While being brought across a vast ocean, one of those ships of about 300 Koreans landed in Cuba. There they faced incredible hardships but never forgot their Korean heritage and patriotism. They saved what little they had earned to support the Korean freedom fighters back in their motherland. It was under these circumstances that Jeronimo Lim Kim was born in Cuba. With a strong mind and determination, Jeronimo fought to obtain an education, eventually graduating from law school. It was there that he met his classmate Fidel Castro and joined the Cuban Revolution. He worked with Che Guevara as an intelligence operative, and became a high-ranking government official in the Castro regime. In his later life, he rediscovered his Korean roots and spent his final years reconstructing a Korean Cuban identity and community in Cuba.

About the filmmaker, Joseph Juhn

Joseph Juhn is a Korean American lawyer-turned-documentary filmmaker. Joseph was working as a New York attorney for 4 years at a Korean government agency based in Manhattan, New York, specializing in Intellectual Property and Startup law prior to a serendipitous backpacking trip to Cuba in 2015. During the trip, he ran into a Korean descendant by chance, inspiring him to rekindle his storytelling ambitions. JERONIMO is Joseph’s first feature film and was selected at 12 film festivals around the world. JERONIMO had its theatrical release in Korea in November 2019, drawing over 15,000 audiences nationwide and receiving one of the highest audience ratings in the year 2019. Joseph earned a BA in Film & Video at UC San Diego, and a JD at Syracuse University College of Law.