简介：OnApril28,1986,twostudents,twenty-year-oldKimSe-jinandLeeJae-ho,immolatedthemselvestodeath,shoutingslogans,“Nowar,nonuclearweapons,Yankeegohome,”“U.S.signthepeacetreatywithNorthKorea,”and“ExpelAmericanimperialists.”Thistookplaceinthemidstofapublicdemonstrationagainsttheforcedconscriptionofstudents,joinedbyapproximatelyfourhundredstudentsandheldattheSinrimcrossroadsfacingtheSeoulNationalUniversitymaingate.Themanneroftheirdeaths,theradicalnessoftheirslogans(theywerethefirstovertlyanti-AmericanstatementstobeheardinpublicsincetheconclusionoftheKoreanWar)deeplyshockedKoreansocietyatthetime.Twentyyearshavesincepassed.Theworldhaschanged.TheleadersofNorthandSouthKoreaareholdingasummitmeetingforthesecondtime.TheUnitedStatesisdiscussingthepossibilityofsigninganon-aggressionpactwithoneoftheerstwhile“AxisofEvil”regimes.FewKoreanslivingin1986couldhaveanticipatedallthis.Whataboutthedeathsofthesetwoyoungmen?Whataretheirfriendsandcomradesdoingtoday?Whathavetheyremembered,andwhathavetheyforgottenaboutthisshockingevent?Havetheychangedasmuchastheworldhaschanged?Willtheirfacesregistermasksofcomplacency,orcountenancesofdiscordance?“Historydoesnotflowawayfromus,ratheritwalkstowardsus.”Thefriendsandcolleaguesofthetwoyoungmenandthedirectorswitchthepositionsofaninterviewerandinterviewees,tooffertestimonialstotheelusivetruth.…