Documentary Korean Schools in Japan is playing in S.F. on 9/23

​ESJF would like to thank the following guests for making this screening so meaningful. Kwangmin Kim, Executive Director of Korea NGO Center in Osaka, provided the audience with clear answers to their questions and background information on educational injustice being committed against Korean descents living in Japan. Miho Kim Lee of Eclipse Rising provided great translations and also fielded questions from the audience. Informational flyers sent by Kyunghee Ha of Eclipse Rising, from Japan, were very helpful in giving further context about this state-organized ethnic discrimination through education.

We thank Jenny Chan, co-founder and executive director of Pacific Atrocities Education, for making her center available for both screenings.

ESJF would like to thank the members of Eclipse Rising, Nikkei Resisters, One Heart for Justice, Youth Forum Fukuoka (YFF), and Justice for "Comfort Women" United Kindom for attending. 

ESJF is especially grateful to Director Chanyu Ko for making this screening possible. It was a great evening of much-needed exposure to rarely known racial and educational injustice, discussion, and reflection.

This film has been nominated for this year's Tokyo Documentary Film Festival.

To learn more about Korean Schools in Japan, please click here.

ESJF deeply appreciates our friends and guests from Korea, Japan, and England. It is so inspiring to see the international community coming together in the pursuit of justice for all.

​アイたちの学校
아이들의 학교
Korean Schools in Japan
This historiographical documentary on Korean schools in Japan from the mid-1940s to 2018 exposes state-sanctioned ethnic discrimination and injustice while delivering an awe-inspiring message of hope.  Eclipse Rising, Education for Social Justice Foundation, and Nikkei Resisters are proud to bring this documentary to the United States for its first screening outside of Japan.
 
Special guests from Japan will be available for questions and comments after the screening.
 
Director: Chanyu Ko
Production: “Ai’s Hakkyo Production” Committee
Narration: Hana Kang, one of the main actors in the movie Spirits Homecoming, is featured and narrates along with Kiyohara Masatsugu

Please direct any inquiries on future screenings of Korean Schools in Japan to esjf@e4sjf.org