| Description |
1 online resource (78 min.) |
| Series |
World history in video.
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| Summary |
While Korea groaned under the harsh colonial rule of Imperial Japan from 1932 until 1945, the Japanese military coerced, tricked, and forced more than 200,000 women of Korea into a brutal and systematic form of sexual slavery on an unimaginable scale. Forbidden to leave the rickety shacks hastily constructed near the front lines of Imperial Japan s aggressive wars, often with a blanket as the room s only "furniture", they were forced to have sex with some 30-40 men every day. Behind Forgotten Eyes presents the stories of a few brave Korean women who have come forward and broken the silence exposing a past that some may want to stay buried. To this day, the Japanese government has yet to formally apologize or pay compensation to these women. Along with the first-hand accounts from Korean women, we hear from Japanese soldiers who used and abused them. With the expert testimony of academics, social activists, and professionals from Japan, Korea, and the United States the film offer a candid look into an issue that has been ignored for far too long. Time is running out for these women and their stories |
| Notes |
Previously released on DVD in 2007 |
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Title from resource description page (viewed September 1, 2011) |
| Credits |
Director, Anthony Gilmore ; producers, Anthony Gilmore, Alex Ferrari ; edited and filmed by Ryan Seale ; original music, Patrick Burke ; executive producer, Page B. Ostrow |
| Performer |
Narrator, Yunjin Kim |
| Notes |
Closed captioning in English |
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In English and Korean with English subtitles |
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Amnesty International Film Festival, 2008 |
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Best Film, Conflict and Resolution Competition, 2008 |
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San Francisco Asian American Film Festival, 2008 |
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Tiburon Film Festival, 2008 |
| Subject |
Comfort women -- Korea -- History
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Women -- Korea -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Korean
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
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Atrocities
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Comfort women
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Women -- Social conditions
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Korea
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary
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documentary film.
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Biographical films
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Documentary films
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History
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Personal narratives
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Documentary.
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Documentary films.
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Biographical films.
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Personal narratives.
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Documentaires.
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Films biographiques.
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Récits personnels.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Gilmore, Anthony, director, producer, screenwriter
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Ferrair, Alex, producer
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Chu, Tammy, producer
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Kim, Yunjin, narrator.
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