Films
Amnesty International Presents
BEHIND FORGOTTEN EYES
Australian Premiere
BEHIND FORGOTTEN EYES
Australian Premiere
Korea 2007, Korean/Japanese with English subtitles, English 76 mins
Director(s)/Writer(s): Anthony Gilmore
Producer(s): Alex Ferrari & Anthony Gilmore
Genre: Documentary and animation
Film Website: www.behindforgotteneyes.com
Themes: Women in conflict, sexual slavery, violence against women
Related Links: http://www.amnesty.org/en/campaigns/stop-violence-against-women
http://www.projectrespect.org.au/
Hamptons International Film Festival 2007 - Best Film in Conflict and Resolution
Melbourne Independent Film Festival (Canada) 2007 - Best Documentary
Kern Projection's Film Festival - Jurors Award for Best Documentary
Synopsis
During World War II, the Japanese Imperial Army forced more than 200,000 Korean women into sexual slavery. Now they demand to be heard.
Narrated by Lost's Yunjin Kim, this beautifully crafted film investigates the enduring legacy of one of the 20th century's most horrific and ignored chapters. More than 60 years after the fact and against the Japanese government's continuing failure to properly acknowledge the atrocities, a handful of survivors - now grandmothers and brave elders - are still fighting for recognition and compensation. It has taken half a century for these women to find the courage to tell their stories; now time is running out.
"This is an important film...a masterpiece...Gilmore shows how filmmakers can serve a wonderful purpose to give a voice to those silenced long ago." —Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed
