In 2015 — the 70th anniversary of Korea’s tragic division by the United States and the former Soviet Union — 30 women peacemakers from around the world crossed the DMZ from North to South Korea, calling for peace on the Korean peninsula. Crossings, a new documentary film by Emmy-award-winning filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem, follows these women leaders, including Women Cross DMZ co-founders Christine Ahn and Gloria Steinem and Nobel Peace Laureates Leymah Gbowee and Mairead Maguire, on their historic journey. Through their story, Crossings explores enduring questions about war’s legacies and the role women play in resolving the world’s most intractable conflicts.
Crossings premiered at the Hawai’i’ International Film Festival in Honolulu on November 13, 2021, and virtually November 15-28 (HI residents only). See below for information on nationwide screenings (more details forthcoming; check back for updates).
Read The New York Times article about the crossing.
Read the Forbes article about the film.
Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 5:30pm ET, Art Lecture Hall (CA 2032), TU Center for the Arts, 1 Fine Arts Drive, Towson, MD 21204. Crossings screening followed by a chat with Aiyoung Choi, Chair of the Board of WCDMZ, as well as TU Professors Sel Hwahng (Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, Health, and Sexuality) and Jeong Joo Ahn (Assistant Professor, Political Science). After the screening, continue the conversation informally during a reception at Mina Cheon’s Dreaming Unification Protest Peace exhibition in the Asian Arts Gallery. Co-sponsored by the TU Program in Women’s & Gender Studies.
Friday, September 20, 5pm PT, Goldman Theater, David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704. Crossings screening followed by discussion with Christine Ahn and Deann Borshay Liem. RSVP here. Free and open to the public.
Friday, March 15, 3 PM EST, Herman Room, Georgetown Healey Family Student Center. Crossings documentary screening. Food provided.
Thursday, Nov. 9, 5:30 PM EST, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Carolina Asia Center (301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill) Korean Diaspora Films and New Media Series. Screening followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Deann Borshay-Liem and Prof. Suzy Kim
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 6:00 PM EST, Duke University, Richard White Lecture Hall 107, (1308 Campus Drive, Durham), Asian/Pacific Studies Institute Fall Speaker Series. Screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem and Prof. Suzy Kim
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 7:00 PM PST– Museum of Us, San Diego, 1350 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101. Screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem. Registration required
Tuesday, Oct. 17, 4 PM EST– The State Theatre, 233 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI. Click here for more info.
Monday, Oct. 16, 7 PM EST– Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Shreve Auditorium, 355 N Eagleson Avenue – Bloomington, IN. Click here for more info.
Friday, Oct. 13, 3 PM EST– Rutgers University, Alexander Library Teleconference Lecture Hall, 4th Floor, 169 College Avenue – New Brunswick, NJ. Click here for more info.
Wednesday, Oct. 11, 6:30 PM PST – University of Washington, 120 Communications Building, 2023 King Ln NE – Seattle, WA. Register here.
July 23, 2023, at 7 PM PT | 10 p.m. ET – August 21, 2023 Crossings will air nationally on WORLD as part of its Doc World program series to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Korean Armistice. The film is presented in partnership with the Center for Asian American Media. Tune in here!
June 27, 2023, 6:30 PM EST, Crossings screening at the Insa restaurant & Karaoke bar (328 Douglass Street Brooklyn, NY 11217). Doors at 6:30 pm, program at 7 pm. Sliding scale tickets here.
June 20, 2023, 6:30 PM KST: Crossings 광주 공동체 상영회, 광주독립영화관, 광주광역시 동구 제봉로 96 (광주영상복합문화관 6층).
May 20, 2023, 10-3 PM KST: 2023년 경기여성 DMZ 평화걷기대회, 임진각 평화누리공원.
May 13, 2023, 5:30 PM PT: Crossings screening at CAAMFest at the Great Star Theater, 636 Jackson St., San Francisco, CA 94133. Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem, Women Cross DMZ Executive Director Christine Ahn, and producer Sarah S. Kim. Purchase tickets here.
April 28, 2023, 3:00 – 5:00 PM HST: Crossings screening at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Campus Center Room 307.
April 22, 2023, 6:00 PM CST: Crossings screening at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marquee Cinema, 1308 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI. Followed by a Q&A with Deann Borshay Liem and Christine Ahn; sponsored by the UW-Madison Center for East Asian Studies.
April 21, 2023, 2:00 – 6:30 PM CST: Crossings screening at Northwestern University, Harris Hall, 1881 Sheridan Road Room 107 and 108, Evanston, IL. Screening accompanied by a scholar panel with S Daniel Kim (Brown University), Deann Borshay Liem, and Christine Ahn. Get more info.
April 20, 2023, 7:00 PM EST: Crossings screening at the Manhattan Country School, 150 West 85th Street, New York, NY. Followed by a discussion with: Abigail Disney, filmmaker, philanthropist, and social justice activist; Christine Ahn, Founder and Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ; Deann Borshay Liem, Director of Crossings; and Aiyoung Choi, Board Chair of Women Cross DMZ. Free admission with RSVP. RSVP here.
April 19, 2023, 6:00 PM EST: Crossings screening at the City College of New York, Shepard Hall, 259 Convent Avenue, Room 291, New York, NY. Presented by Third World Newsreel and the Documentary Forum. Followed by a talk with Deann and Sound Recordist JT Takagi. RSVP here.
March 22, 2023, 6:00 PM EST: Crossings screening at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman Center for Political Science Economics Auditorium, 133 S. 36th St., Philadelphia, PA 19104. Followed by a discussion with Deann and Korea peace activists. Get more info.
March 21, 2023, 4 PM, Crossings screening with the World Council of Churches at the Ecumenical centre (Visser’t Hooft Hall), Geneva, Switzerland. Click here for more information.
March 18, 2023, 3:45 PM EST: Crossings screening at the Association of Asian Studies Film Expo, Boston Sheraton Hotel – Hamptom (3rd floor). Q&A with Deann Borshay Liem in person. Free and open to the public, no conference registration is required. Get more info.
March 16, 2023, 5:30 PM EST: Crossings screening at Boston College, Devlin Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. Click here for more information and to RSVP.
March 16, 2023, 5:30 PM MST: Crossings screening at the Frasier Meadows, 350 Ponca Place in Boulder. Discussion with Christine Ahn in person. All are welcome.
March 15, 2023, 7 PM MST: Crossings screening at the University of Colorado Boulder, CASE East, 4th Floor, CU Boulder. Discussion with Christine Ahn in person. For more info, contact invst@colorado.edu.
February 24, 2023, 6 PM PST: Crossings Special Festival Preview screening at the DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon, Art House, 492 E 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401. Deann Borshay Liem and Christine Ahn in attendance. Tickets are available here.
Virtual Screening: Feb. 25, 12:00 am – Feb. 26, 11:59 pm (48 hrs.)
February 25, 2023, 1:30 PM PST: Crossings screening at Seattle Asian American Film Festival at the Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122. Deann Borshay Liem and Christine Ahn in attendance. Tickets are available here.
Virtual Screening: February 27-March 5, 2023
November 19, 2022, 2 PM EDT: Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network Georgia’s Crossings screening at the Korean Church of Atlanta UMC, 3205 Pleasant Hill Rd., Duluth, GA 30096. Free admission.
November 18, 2022, 3:45 PM EDT: Emory University’s East Asia Collective Crossings community screening at the AMUC Harland Cinema. Free admission.
November 10, 2022, 7 PM EDT: Crossings screening at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, OCADU Auditorium, 100 McCaul St, Toronto, Canada, and online. Get tickets
November 8, 2022, 6:10 PM PT: Crossings screening at the San Diego Asian Film Festival, Ultrastar Mission Valley Cinemas, 7510 Hazard Center Dr #100, San Diego, CA. Get tickets
October 29, 2022, 1 PM PT: Crossings screening at the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF), Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA. Filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem and Christine Ahn will attend the screening and participate in a Q&A afterward. Get tickets (choose session 20).
October 21, 2022, 5:30 PM ET: Crossings screening at the Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF), Emerson Paramount Center, Bright Family Screening Room, 559 Washington St., Boston, MA. Buy tickets here.
October 4, 2022, 8:00 PM KST, Hantan River Spa Hotel 철원 한탄리버스파호텔 / GV 자유 대화
October 4, 2022, 2:00 PM KST, Cine Q Sindorim 씨네Q 신도림점 / 인사 나눔 with Deann Borshay Liem (Director 감독), Christine Ahn (Women Cross DMZ Executive Director 워민크로스디엠지 사무총장, 한미미 (World YWCA Vice President 세계YWCA 부회장)
October 2, 2022, 4:30 PM KST, Imjingak Pyeonghwa-Nuri Park Art stage 임진각 아트스테이지
October 1, 2022, 1 PM KST, Imjingak Pyeonghwa-Nuri Park Art Stage 임진각 아트스테이지 / GV (관객과의 대화)
September 7, 2022, 12 PM EDT Fifth Annual Meeting of the Presbyterian Peace Network for Korea, Serra Retreat Center, Malibu, and Online. The in-person and virtual discussion of the film will follow after the screening.
August 28, 2022, 11 AM CT Veterans for Peace National Convention, Online. Register for the convention here.
August 7, 2022, 4 PM PT GYOPO Crossings screening at Robinson S.P.A.C.E., 104 Robinson Street, Los Angeles, CA. Get tickets here.
August 6, 2022, 7 PM PT Crossings clips to be featured at the LAKMA Peace Concert: Unified in Friendship and Harmony at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Tickets are on sale now. Use code “PEACECONCERT2OFF” for $2 off.
August 4, 2022, 5 PM CDT Crossings East Coast premiere at Asian American Film Festival. Get tickets here.
July 27, 2022, 7 PM EST Crossings screening & discussion at Busboys and Poets (Brookland). Free with RSVP.
May 10, 2022, 7:30 PM PT: Crossings West Coast premiere at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Tateuchi Democracy Forum @ JANM (100 N Central Ave Los Angeles, CA). Buy tickets here.
November 15–28, 2021: Crossings virtual screenings (Hawai’i International Film Festival) (HAWAII RESIDENTS ONLY)
November 15, 2021, 5 PM HT: Live virtual discussion moderated by University of Hawai’i professor Vernadette Gonzalez as part of the Film for Thought Program co-hosted by the Hawai’i Council for the Humanities.
November 13, 2021, 2 PM HT: Crossings world premiere* at Consolidated Theatres Kahala, Honolulu, HI (Hawai’i’ International Film Festival)
*Note: The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem, Christine Ahn, and Ann Wright. moderated by Vernadette Gonzalez, professor of American Studies at UH Manoa. This discussion is part of the Film for Thought Program at HIFF.
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Korean Documentaries to Air at Asian American International Film Festival [Forbes, 8/29/22]
THOUGHTS / CROSSINGS: A Companion essay by scholar Vernadette Gonzalez [HIFF, 10/27/21]
The Brave Women-Led Movement Making History on the Korean Demilitarized Zone [Flux, 11/15/21]
New documentary details international effort of women activists to end conflict on Korean peninsula [The Conversation, Hawaii Public Radio, 11/15/21]
We Discuss “Crossings” A New Documentary Film [Flashpoints, KPFA Radio, 11/15/21]
Walking the long road to peace [Korean Quarterly, Fall 2021 issue]
L.A. Asian Pacific Film Fest 2022 Interview: Deann Borshay Liem on Bridging the Divide in Perception Between North and South Korea in “Crossings” [The Moveable Fest, 5/9/22]
LA 아시아태평양영화제에서 상영된 다큐멘터리 <크로싱즈> [KOFICE, 5/17/22]
Korean Documentaries to Air at Asian American International Film Festival [Forbes, 7/30/22]
‘Crossings’ Follows A Walk For Peace As It Crosses The Korean Divide [Forbes, 8/7/22]
Support our efforts to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula! Your donation is tax-deductible.
To make a tax-deductible contribution by mail, please make your check payable to Women Cross DMZ and send it to Women Cross DMZ, 137 N Larchmont Blvd., Suite 657, Los Angeles, CA 90004.