Silenced ( 도가니, aka Dogani, Korean; 2011) Director: Hwang Dong-hyuk This movie is based on events that should have occurred in the Gwangju Inhwa School for the Hearing Impaired in South Korea. The principal and some teachers were accused of having sexually abused a few of its underage students for many years. It is said that the faculty members went away with a slap on their wrists. The convicted were given jail terms of less than a year each. This movie highlighted the deficiencies in Korean Law regarding the statute of limitations for sex crimes against minors and the disabled. Under this realisation, the people demanded change for the National Assembly to pass a bill in late 2011, often referred to as the Dogani Bill (named after the movie), to abolish the limitations and increase jail terms for this offence. This is a difficult movie to watch. A new art teacher reports for duty in a school for the hearing impaired. He soon discovers the wrongdoings of the principal, teachers ...
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