Sep 19 2019

Feminist Films: My Name is Kim Bok-Dong

Feminist Films

September 19, 2019

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Activist Kim Bok-Dong holding a mic and addressing a crowd

Location

James Stukel Towers

Address

718 West Rochford St., 1st Floor Theater, Chicago, IL 60607

Join us for a screening of 김복동 (My Name Is Kim Bok-Dong), the story of a human rights activist and survivor of sex slavery during World War II. The documentary follows her 27-year-long battle for justice against the Japanese government, until she passed away in January at the age of 93.

The event will include a short educational session with Professor Elizabeth Son (Northwestern University) and a discussion with Ms. Yoon Mi Hyang from the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan.

Light snacks will be served.

Free and open to the public. The venue is wheelchair accessible. Please email ramonag@uic.edu for any other accommodation requests.

Co-presented with UIC Asian American Resource and Cultural Center and KAN-WIN, a nonprofit community organization that provides comprehensive services to women and children affected by gender-based violence and works within the larger community towards women's empowerment.

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Contact

Ramona Gupta

Date posted

Aug 23, 2019

Date updated

Sep 18, 2019