Henequen (film)
Henequen Hangul RREnikkeng is a 1996 South Korean film directed by Kim Hosun. It was awarded Best Film at the Grand Bell Awards ceremony.
The film tells the story of Korean people that were brought to Yucatn under false promises of a good life, including wealthy Korean people, but instead ended up forced to work as slaves by the Yucatn henequen industry landlords, which were proud Spanish descendants of the Yucatecan upper class. At that time, it was the main industry of the Yucatn state and henequen was referred as the green gold, as it made many Yucatecan families very wealthy.This part of the history where Korean people were used as slaves under brutal conditionsand even killed, didnt appear in Yucatecan history books up to recently. When the movie was filmed outside of Mrida, Yucatn, it became a real eye opener of the Yucatecan society about the horrible abuse inflicted to Korean people decades ago, which they were not aware of. ........
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