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Clip: Season 31 Episode 16 | 4m 41s
We meet Grandma Gil who embarks on a two week long trip to Japan to protest the Japanese officials’ statement that it was necessary to have “comfort women” during the Japanese occupation.
Aired: 10/22/18
Video has closed captioning.
The Apology - Meeting Grandma Gil
The Apology - Meeting Grandma Cao
In Grandma Cao’s village in China, we hear from villagers and author Zhang Shaun Bing.
The Apology - The Power of Story, Part 2
Grandma Gil tells her story in more detail to a group of Chinese women at a conference.
The Apology - Meeting Grandma Adela
We meet a community of fellow survivors from the war who get together for companionship.
The Apology - Asking the World to Participate
Grandma Gil and hundreds of others stage their 1,119th protest at the Japanese Embassy.
Three former "comfort women" forced into sexual slavery during World War II speak out.
This film tells the story of the first image captured of the Earth from space in 1968.
Two short documentaries explore the history and memory of African-American communities.
A group of Jewish seniors celebrate the Sabbath (Shabbat) at the local Wendy's restaurant.
After their grandmother passes, two siblings begin an epic excavation of her belongings.
A rural poet becomes a sudden star in China, whose writings ponder life, love and pain.
