www.pbs.org/pov/theapology — offers a streaming video trailer for the film; an interview with filmmaker; a list of related websites, articles and books; a downloadable discussion guide; and special features.

History of Military Sexual Slavery

Women’s Human Rights Education Institute

http://learnwhr.org/comfort-women/ - Details on the demands for an apology

Korean Council on Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan

peoplepower21.org/English/37829 - An archived English version of the website of the original advocacy organization

Digital Museum: The Comfort Women Issue

awf.or.jp/e1/index.html - Document-based accounts of comfort station statistics and historical background, along with reports about the Asian Women’s Fund

Lolas’ House: Survivors of Wartime Rape Camps

huffingtonpost.com/entry/comfort-women-philippines-m-evelina-galang_us_57232d48e4b0f309baf08490 – 2016 Huffington Post story about M. Evelina Galang’s work collecting the stories of the Philippines’ “grandmas” (lolas) includes reports of official Japanese responses

Fight for Justice

http://fightforjustice.info/?lang=en – This academic resource is maintained by the Center for Research and Documentation on Japan's War Responsibility, led by historian Hirofumi Hayashi.

Women’s Active Museum on War and Peace

https://wam-peace.org/en/ - This museum in Tokyo holds records and documentation of war crimes.

Wartime Sexual Violence

Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict: United Nations Response

un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/cover.pdf - A useful historical overview. Also see: un.org/en/preventgenocide/rwanda/about/bgsexualviolence.shtml

Wartime Sexual Violence

washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/09/24/wartime-sexual-violence-is-not-just-a-weapon-of-war/?utm_term=.f0f124c93236 – An overview of how wartime sexual violence is reported and the impact of the portrayals

“Comfort Women” Justice Coalition, San Francisco

http://remembercomfortwomen.org/ - A grassroots group part of the global “comfort women” justice movement.

Japan-U.S. Feminist Network for Decolonization (FeND)

http://fendnow.org/ - A network of activists and scholars working to undo colonialism in the United States and Japan.

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About the author:

Faith Rogow

Faith Rogow, Ph.D., is the co-author of The Teacher's Guide to Media Literacy: Critical Thinking in a Multimedia World (Corwin, 2012) and past president of the National Association for Media Literacy Education. She has written discussion guides and lesson plans for more than 250 independent films.