Thursday, July 29, 2021 | 7PM to 9PM
Watch Video: https://vimeo.com/showcase/7086928/video/582780011
Join Third World Newsreel, Nodutdol for Korean Community Development, Korean Policy Institute, and The Documentary Forum at CCNY as they view two historical films about the U.S. in Korea – The Women Outside: Korean Women and the US Military and Camp Arirang, and hear from a panel of scholars and activists. 2021 is the 71st anniversary of the Korean War – which has yet to end, as no peace treaty has ever been signed. 28,500 U.S. troops remain in South Korea, on 15 bases along with additional installations. The U.S. military has been in place since the 1950-1953 fighting, initially to “protect against possible invasion from the North” but now, with a broader mandate to protect American interests in Asia against all – including China.
What has been the cost – to the Koreans, to the communities who have been evicted as bases enlarge, to the women who work in the camptowns surrounding the bases – and the related impact on Anti-Asian racism, misogyny and violence? Although Korea is the focus of this program, the U.S. military has bases in the Philippines, Guam, and Okinawa, accompanied by a long history of crimes and violence against communities, mostly protected against prosecution. Call Her Ganda (2018, PJ Raval) followed the Filipino community’s recent struggle to seek justice for Jennifer Laude, who was murdered by a U.S. serviceman.
Join Minju Bae, scholar/activist; Emily Yoon, poet; Joyce Kim from Durebang, a women’s organizing and support group in the Korean camptowns; Salonee Bhaman of the Asian American Feminist Collective, and others for a discussion about the these films, the situation in Korea and Asia, and the connections to anti-Asian misogyny and violence that has resurfaced strongly in the U.S. A trailer from a new film about the conditions in Korean military base camptowns will be shown at the beginning of the program.
Co-Sponsor
Asian American / Asian Research Institute – City University of New York
