American Alley

American alley is the name of a small village next to US second Infantry in Dongducheon area. Since Korean war, there were thousands of desperate Korean women who served the US soldiers to survive during the hard time after the war. But nowadays, there are women from Russia and Philippines working as ‘entertainers’ in the GI clubs. Some of the migrant women who work in the clubs choose to marry with the U.S soldiers, and some get abandoned, some go to the States with her husband, and some get deported. Old korean women who still lives in this area talks about her past life infrequently, while young migrant women continue the similar life path by marrying, divorcing, and standing alone.

• 2009 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival: Winner Ogawa Shinsuke Prize
• 2010 International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra Punto de Vista