AND THEREAFTER ΙΙ

Korea’s student movement of the 1980s generated an intense anti-Americanism that spread to mainstream Korean society in the 1990s. The question of why Korean women continued to marry American GIs despite this national sentiment, and what their lives were like thereafter, is the starting point of the film.Ajuma is a former prostitute, now living in New Jersey, who married into the American military. From the moment the director arrives at Ajuma’s home for the first interview to the last taping, the conflicts between director and subject threaten to undermine the project, despite her initial agreement. Most former prostitutes have difficulty “coming out” with revelations about their former occupation, and Ajuma is no exception. Moreover, the director finds that he has to confront his own demons