Toronto filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung’s breakthrough feature chronicles the empowering journeys of three former “comfort women” who were among the 200,000 girls forced into sexual slavery in World War Two Japan. After seven decades of living in silence and shame about their past, the three indomitable women, now affectionately referred to as “grandmothers”– Grandma Gil in South Korea, Grandma Cao in China, and Grandma Adela in the Philippines – are ready to speak the truth and ensure that this horrific chapter of history is not forgotten. All-too relevant in the wake of the recent incidents in Atlanta, The Apology is a profoundly moving and transformative call for peace and justice.

In Korean, Chinese, Tagalog, Japanese and English with subtitles

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