There Are No Words

Director Min Sook Lee
Year 2025
Run Time 98min
Genre Documentary
2026 spotlight contributor Sook-Yin Lee
Still grappling with the grief stemming from her mother’s suicide decades ago, filmmaker Min Sook Lee re-examines her childhood and her family’s history with a new lens. In her incredibly candid interviews, she doesn’t shy away from the tough questions, leading to the surfacing of uncomfortable truths.

In this poignant documentary that brilliantly weaves together her family’s story with Korea’s political climate, Lee finds a bridge from the personal to the universal, tracing the complicated journey from grief to healing.

Director

Min Sook Lee

Writer

Min Sook Lee

Cast

Min Sook Lee

Producers

Sherien Barsoum, Chanda Chevannes

Genre

Documentary

Interests

Asian Filmmaker, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker

Original Languages

English, Other Language