The Women Outside

The Women Outside (1996)

They're called bar women, hostesses, or sex workers and "western princesses." They come from poor families, struggling to earn a decent wage, only to be forced into the world's oldest profession. They're the women who work in the camptowns that surround U.S. military bases in South Korea. In 40 years, over a million women have worked in Korea's military sex industry, but their existence has never been officially acknowledged by either government. In The Women Outside, a film by J.T. Orinne Takagi and Hye Jung Park, some of these women bravely speak out about their lives for the first time. The film raises provocative questions about military policy, economic survival, and the role of women in global geopolitics

Date of release
1996-07-16
TMDB
1.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Documentary
Director
J.T. Takagi, Hye Jung Park

Interesting facts

The Women Outside: Korean Women and the U.S. Military is a 60 minute 1995 documentary film created by film/video makers Hye Jung Park and J.T. Takagi. The film details the experiences of South Korean women who work in U.S. military camptown brothels, bars, or clubs, exposing how the South Korean government and U.S. military mutually benefit from the sexual exploitation of women.

Production

The film was produced by Third World Newsreel.

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