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Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest

  • OPENING NIGHT FILM
    Opening Night, April 27, 2017
  • Save my Seoul
    Opening Night, April 27, 2017
  • Save my Seoul
    Opening Night, April 27, 2017
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
Venue: Camera 3
Time: 7:30 pm

Save My Seoul
Jason Y. Lee / South Korea, USA / Documentary / 2015 / 62 mins
Save My Seoul follows Korean American brothers Eddie and Jason Lee as they discover rampant prostitution and sex trafficking in Seoul, South Korea. Along the way they meet two teenaged former sex workers, Esther and Crystal, who share their past experiences working in brothels in order to survive. Using hidden cameras, the brothers show the underground sex trade industry in a city that is typically perceived as clean and modern. They also examine the attitudes in Korean culture that keep people from speaking out on the issue.

Post Screening Guests

After the screening of Save my Seoul,  join us for a Q&A with the team behind Save my Seoul; Director, Jason Y. Lee and Editor, Jean Rheem.

Jason Y. Lee has written and directed more than 20 short films. He is an avid social entrepreneur who has worked with the Clinton Foundation and Bain & Company. He founded Jubilee Project, a purpose-driven digital media company, in 2010. Save My Seoul is his first feature-length film.

Jean Rheem is the Editor, Producer, and Writer of Save My Seoul. She started her documentary studies at Duke University, where she made her first award-winning documentary short titled The Social Group, an official selection at the NYC Independent Film Festival. Save My Seoul is her first feature-length documentary film.

Save my Seoul Sponsor

Norm and Cindy Toy