Screening Hopes to Raise Rights Awareness
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By J.R. Breen
Contributing Writer
This Sunday, there will be a screening of "63 Years On", a documentary about the story of comfort women.
Some 200,000 women are thought to have been forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II, although there is still much debate over the figures, with Japan suggesting 20,000. The majority came from Korea, China and the Philippines.
The production, in multiple languages, will feature English subtitles. After the film, there will be a speaker on the subject, followed by a discussion.
The film is being shown at the Jogye Buddhist Memorial and History Hall in Insa-dong, Seoul, and the event runs from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ― the film is 63 minutes long.
The documentary is directed by award-winning Korean director Kim Dong-won. In this film, he presents the harrowing experience of five survivors.
It is based upon a combination of personal anecdote and thorough research, backed up by archival video footage.
The screening is organized by the House of Sharing International Outreach team, who work to raise awareness of the issue of Japanese military sexual slavery and to support the comfort women in their struggle for historical reconciliation and justice.
The team is composed of foreign and local volunteers who lead visits at the House of Sharing in English.
They declare that they are working to highlight the continuing crimes against humanity in the form of sexual violence during war, experienced to this day by women and children across the world.
Admission is free. For more information, contact info@houseofsharing.org
Contributing Writer
This Sunday, there will be a screening of "63 Years On", a documentary about the story of comfort women.
Some 200,000 women are thought to have been forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II, although there is still much debate over the figures, with Japan suggesting 20,000. The majority came from Korea, China and the Philippines.
The production, in multiple languages, will feature English subtitles. After the film, there will be a speaker on the subject, followed by a discussion.
The film is being shown at the Jogye Buddhist Memorial and History Hall in Insa-dong, Seoul, and the event runs from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ― the film is 63 minutes long.
The documentary is directed by award-winning Korean director Kim Dong-won. In this film, he presents the harrowing experience of five survivors.
It is based upon a combination of personal anecdote and thorough research, backed up by archival video footage.
The screening is organized by the House of Sharing International Outreach team, who work to raise awareness of the issue of Japanese military sexual slavery and to support the comfort women in their struggle for historical reconciliation and justice.
The team is composed of foreign and local volunteers who lead visits at the House of Sharing in English.
They declare that they are working to highlight the continuing crimes against humanity in the form of sexual violence during war, experienced to this day by women and children across the world.
Admission is free. For more information, contact info@houseofsharing.org
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