简介：OpenCityDocumentaryFestival2023 InNajeunmoksori(TheMurmuring),ByunYoung-joo,afoundingmemberoftheParituhcollective,documentsthelivesofsixelderlywomenwhoresideinacommunalhouseinSeoul.AllaresurvivorsofforcedsexuallabouratthehandsoftheJapanesearmyduringWorldWarII,so-calledcomfortwomen;eachweektheygatherwithothersoutsidetheJapaneseembassytodemandaformalapologyandcompensationfortheirsuffering.Breakingdecadesofsilence,herethewomentelltheirstories,intertwiningpersonalandnationaltraumas.NajeunmoksoriisthefirstinstalmentinByun’scelebratedtrilogyonthesubject,followedbyNajeunmoksori2(HabitualSadness,1997)andSumgyeol–Najeunmoksori3(MyOwnBreathing,1999).…