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MEDIA COVERAGE Foreign Policy in Focus: "Accidental Expert" by Peter Certo Jeju Weekly: "Documenting women's resistance to militarism" bu Jenna Houts Review of Living Along the Fenceline: Setsu Shigematsu ON THE RADIO KPFA Women's Magazine Interview WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS FILM: "This documentary explores the creativity, insights, and resilience of women of color organizing in the U.S. and its military colonies around the world. Its community-oriented dialogue on the ways in which women variously address the environmental, medical, political, and sexual violence of the U.S. military is both compelling and moving. For these reasons, I highly recommend Living Along the Fenceline for educational instruction and community reflection." “Living along the Fenceline" is a very important film. It portrays a reality rarely seen or considered in the United States--that of people around the world whose lives have damaged living next to U.S. military bases. Narrated by the powerful and often poignant voices of women whose perspectives are all too often ignored in favor of the generals and the admirals, Living along the Fenceline shows us the costs that U.S. bases inflict on local communities and forces us to question the widespread assumption that bases make us safe. The film will open the minds and hearts of viewers, inspire debate, and be very useful in high school and university classrooms worldwide. I hope it is seen as widely as possible.” " Watching Living Along the Fenceline, I was struck by how each group of local women has built up their own knowledge about the specific dangerous daily impacts of American military presence in their lives - and how they have created their own smart organizing strategies to challenge them. After seeing this film, 'security' will take on new meanings, and the world map will never look the same." The women we meet in Living along the Fenceline are linked not merely by their troubles, but also by their activism—that silver lining that allows them to stitch together strong new solidarities from a fractured social fabric. “I get strength from other people,” says Sumi Park, who provides medical care to prostituted women and other townsfolk from the depressed village surrounding a U.S. military base outside Seoul. “I feel our hearts connect.” Living Along the Fenceline is beautifully shot, and professionally edited, and the film’s far-ranging geography is easy to follow thanks to a map of the world on which American flags indicate US bases. Living Along the Fenceline come[s] at an auspicious time. As Americans gradually begin to face the moral and economic limits of constant military growth, and as the once unquestionable US defense budget comes under closer scrutiny...
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