Reason by elizabeth nolan brown below is brief section of the article. Eden is the sextrafficking drama allegedly based on the reallife story of chong kim. These moviemakers obviously didnt go to the michael bay film institute. Chong kim, the woman whose allegedly true story served as. I have done research on the chong kim and i have found that she is a fake. It was directed by victor saville and produced by leon gordon from a screenplay by helen deutsch, leon gordon and.
She was known in the antisextrafficking world, and she. A young koreanamerican girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human traffickers, cooperates with her captors in a desperate ploy to survive. Broken silence, and in the 2012 film eden, starring jamie chung. A true wake up call for all young women,men,teenagers,and parents. With jamie chung, beau bridges, matt oleary, eddie martinez. The basedonatruestory narrative uncovered and explored a horrible. Its part horror film and part survivors tale and its based on a true story. The movie, directed by megan griffiths, is loosely based on the true story of chong kim, who was born in south korea and moved to the united. Chong kim, the woman whose allegedly true story served as the. Eden abduction of eden is a 2012 american drama film about human trafficking. In the film, koreanamerican teenager, hyun jae jamie chung. Eden both elicits a continuous feeling of dread and hope, showing us a side of america you could not imagine existed. West of eden is about the freedom of consenting adults to love who they want to love. Eden is a movie that despite its limitations set forward by its financers is a movie that.
It was a complex relationship and it proved to be the head start james dean needed to become a star in hollywood. As a public speaker, and activist, kim had already told this story many. Eden was a scary movie about sextrafficking based on a true. It is based on the true life story of a woman named chong kim. It was directed by megan griffiths, who cowrote the screenplay with richard b. I met up with chong in london to talk about the film and her life as a. Trafficking in real life has about as much to do with eden as a reallife. Suspicion cast on sextrafficking tale at heart of eden.
The true story of chong kim who, as a young teen, was abducted into the sex trade, and the complicated moral choices she had to make in order to survive country. Eden depicts sex trafficking in the united states the. Throughout the two years she is held, eden reluctantly ensures her own survival by carving out power and influence within the very organization that has imprisoned her. Jamie chung and scoot mcnairy star in eden collider. Eden is inspired by the chilling true story of chong kim in 1994. Directed by firsttime feature filmmaker albeit apparently wellacclaimed british stage director rupert goold, true story opens with a slowmotion overhead shot of a teddy bear. It was inspired by the story of chong kim, who claims that she was kidnapped and. Its still fair to ask whether seattle director griffiths vetted kim s story before tagging eden based on a true story. Chong kim of the film eden is a fraud lying about sex. Chong kim is an asian american survivor of human trafficking and child. Chong kim can tell you what about the harsh realities of human trafficking and what it takes to survive. The film earned seattle filmmaker megan griffiths the.
Now, chung has a chance to topline in eden, an indie flick directed by megan griffiths the off hours, in a truetolife story about a koreanamerican girl who is abducted by human traffickers. Eden, the film based on chongs story, premiered at the south by. And now we are seeing so many of these horror stories fall apart. Chong kim and megan griffith are committing fraud lying about sex trafficking to make money with the eden movie. Sure, based on a true story is not the same as calling a movie a. It was inspired by the story of chong kim, who claims that. Chong kim is an asian american survivor of human trafficking and child sex exploitation, a harrowing experience she recounts in her memoir, broken silence, and in the 2012 film eden, starring. Eden and did not see the same poignantly realistic drama so many movie critics had. The film was produced by colin harper plank and jacob mosler through planks centripetal films production company. Eden was a scary movie about sextrafficking based on a. The lies about sex trafficking that brought down backpage. Chong kim, a survivor of sex trafficking, talks about eden.
Based on a true story about the 20 boston marathon bombing, this looks. Eden is based on the true story of cong kim, a teenager born in south korea and raised in america, who was kidnapped and had to struggle to survive in a sex slave operation. The film, eden, was released theatrically in the us. But it did advertise itself as being based on a true story, that of chong kim. Jamie chung stars in a searing contemporary drama, based on the true story of a koreanamerican teenager who is kidnapped from a bar in new mexico and transformed into a sex slave in las vegas by. This story was directed very well,but i have to say,i was completely horrified to think this type of evil exist.
Eden depicts sex trafficking in the united states the new york. Sex trafficking survivor, chong kim, meets ruth jacobs in london to talk about eden the newly released film based on her. Eden based on the true story of chong kim who was kidnapped in. Eden is based on the real life story of sex trafficking survivor, chong kim, who was abducted at 19 years of age from dallas, texas.
The idea of human trafficking always seems to be a thing that. I met up with chong in london to talk about the film and her life as a survivor and advocate. The film eden is based on chong kim s story as a sex slave in the middle of the united states. What was the story line of the film east of eden based on. The movie, directed by megan griffiths, is loosely based on the true story of chong kim, who was born in south korea and moved to the united states as a toddler. There was also honored leading actress jamie chung as the best actress. First it was somaly mam, the activist whose own sex trafficking story, as. Kim is a 1950 adventure film made in technicolor by metrogoldwynmayer. Edenui dongjjok is a 2008 south korean television series, starring song seungheon, yeon junghoon, lee dahae, han jihye, park haejin and lee yeon. Behind eden stands above all the south korean born american chong kim, whose history as brutally maltreated and exploited. The film displays the talents of the stars jamie chung, matt oleary, and beau bridges. Phillips and stars jamie chung, matt oleary and beau bridges.
Reason by elizabeth nolan brown below is brief section of the. A former sex slave in america tells her story in eden. A young koreanamerican girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human. The film earned seattle filmmaker megan griffiths the 2012 genius award in film. Chong kim, the person the movie was based on, had shared her story in writing before. Eden the true story of chong kimabducted into the sex trade as a young teenand the complicated moral choices she had to make in order to survive as her situation grew more desperate. The film eden tells the story of human trafficking through the tale of a korean american teen in new mexico. Chong kim, a survivor of sex trafficking, discusses eden, the film. February 9, 1996, better known mononymously as chungha stylized as chung ha, is a south korean singer, dancer, songwriter. I felt so moved and so grateful that she had joined breaking outs. The person on whom the film was supposedly based, chong kim, did not. The main thing i focused on was the tremendous bravery chong kim had displayed.
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