“BTS ARMY: Forever We Are Young” Film Screening and Q+A

September 24, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Mānoa Campus, ART 132 Auditorium, 2535 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822

We invite you to join us for a screening of the film, “BTS ARMY: Forever We Are Young,” followed by a q+a session with filmmakers Grace Lee and Patty Ahn. From Seoul to Los Angeles, Texas to Mexico City, BTS ARMY is everywhere. BTS ARMY: FOREVER WE ARE YOUNG dives into the passionate fandom that catapulted 21st century pop icons BTS into a global household name. We meet fans at a BTS-focused ReactorCon in Lewisville, Texas, a dance instructor in Seoul who only teaches BTS choreography, and fans who’ve been organizing since 2013 to help BTS dominate the charts. Defying stereotypes of pop fans as screaming teen girls, ARMY is an intergenerational, culturally savvy, and socially active movement that is as diverse as the world itself. The film captures the powerful spirit of activism and collectivity that make ARMY a symbol of hope and unity in our ever-fractured world. Film screening will be followed by a q+a session with filmmakers Grace Lee and Patty Ahn. GRACE LEE is an independent filmmaker who most recently directed and produced the feature documentary BTS ARMY: FOREVER WE ARE YOUNG, which was released in cinemas worldwide in 2025. Other credits include the Peabody Award-winning PBS series ASIAN AMERICANS as well as AND SHE COULD BE NEXT, POV’s first broadcast series about women of color transforming politics and civic engagement. PATTY AHN is a scholar and filmmaker at the University of California, San Diego. Their research and creative work look at the growing popularity of K-Pop and Korean culture around the world, especially in the U.S. They have published on related topics in Discourse, Social Text, and FlowTV.org.


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Center For Korean Studies, Mānoa Campus

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