The true story of the brutal murder of Korean exchange student In Ho Oh by a group of eleven black teenagers in Philadelphia during the spring of 1958. The film examines the background and trial of the teenagers, and the response from In Ho Oh's Christian parents, in the form of a letter, asking for forgiveness and mercy for the murderers. The film ends with the funeral ceremony at Old Pine St. Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia.

1959

Film Productions, Int'l.

[Burbank, Calif.]

moving image

motion pictures

1 film reel (35 min.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm. + 3 summary pages.

English

Oh, In Ho, 1931-1958.
Byers, Arthur M., 1915-
Young, Lloyd E.
Martin, W. Burton (Walter Burton), 1915-
Carmichael, H. Kenn (Herbert Kenneth), 1908-
Douglas, Hugh.
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

Juvenile delinquency.
Juvenile homicide.
Forgiveness.

Philadelphia (Pa.)
North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia

IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Executive producer, Arthur M. Byers, Jr. ; produced and directed by Lloyd Young ; associate producer, Burt Martin ; written by H. Kenn Carmichael ; narrator, Hugh Douglas.

MOTIONPIC B153; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

An Epistle from the Koreans [motion picture] / [presented by] the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumb...

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