Survival and healing: former so-called „comfort women“
Screening of the documentary „The Song of the Reed“ & discussion

* Screening of the documentary film: „The Song of the Reed“ (2015, 76 min, English subtitles)
* Introduction to the non-governmental organization Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation and their „Ama Museum“ project
* Discussion with Wu Hsiu-Ching, director of „The Song of the Reed,“ and sinologist Astrid Lipinsky
The documentary „The Song of the Reed“ chronicles the later years of six of the estimated 2000 Taiwanese women who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II. 
The film shows how six of the “comfort women” in Taiwan managed to overcome grave physical and mental trauma and develop positive attitudes toward life over the years, while Japan refused to acknowledge the crime and pay compensation. "Song of the Reed" was produced by the Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation and directed by Wu Hsiu-ching. The film has been shown across Taiwan, as well as in New York, and in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan. In 2014 it won the Best Anthropology Concern Award at the International Gold Panda Awards for Documentary in Chengdu, China.

Ort: C3 - Centrum für Internationale Entwicklung, Alois Wagner Saal, Sensengasse 3, 1090 Wien

Zeit: am 24. November 2016, von 18:30 Uhr

Kosten: frei

Anmeldung: nicht erforderlich

Veranstaltet von:  Frauen*solidarität, Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies, Amnesty Netzwerk Frauenrechte and FrauenFilmTage

weitere Informationen finden Sie unter http://www.frauensolidaritaet.org/song-of-the-reed