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Whisper of the Heart
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A patient, intimate documentary centered on former comfort women reclaiming voice and dignity; its observational approach and emphasis on memory closely echo The Apology.
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A personal, formally distinctive account of genocide and remembrance that shares The Apology’s determination to preserve voices and histories threatened by official silence.
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The lives of former "comfort women", the more than 200,000 girls forced into sexual slavery during World War II. Today, they fight for reconciliation and justice as they struggle to make peace with the past.
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