American Alley

American Alley traces the lives of Korean and immigrant women who provide sexual services to US military personnel stationed near the camptown area called American Alley in South Korea The film depicts the changing landscape of camptown life and sexualized labor as women from Russia and the Philippines replace Korean women as entertainers in GI clubs The documentary skillfully situates these changes in the context of USSouth Korean relations and new gender and racial politics in South Korea via cinemaindianaedu