IntheturmoiloftheJeju4.3incident,JejuIslandwitnessedthelossofanestimated25,000to30,000lives,withwomenconstitutingasignificantyetoftenunrecognizedproportionofthevictims.Thisdocumentaryilluminatestheonce-shroudedexperiencesofthesewomen,ledbyadedicatedJeju4.3researcher. TheJejuApril3Incidentresultedinnumerousfatalities.AccordingtoanofficialsurveyinitiatedbytheKoreangovernmentinthe2000s,thecountisaround14,000,butestimatessuggesttheactualnumbercouldrangefrom25,000to30,000.Themajorityoffatalitiesoccurredasgovernmentsuppressionforcessoughttorootoutarmedguerrillas(78.1%oftotalfatalities,accordingtoofficialrecords),consequentlycausingasubstantialnumberofciviliandeaths.Amongthem,80%weremen,whichmayexplainwhythehardshipsconfrontedbywomenduringtheincidenthavenotbeenthoroughlyresearchedorbroughttolight.VOICESisadocumentaryreflectingontheharshhistorythatwomenhavefaced,focusingontestimoniesfromfourolderwomenwholivedthroughthosetimes.Thetestimoniesofthosearepoignant.Onemiraculouslyescapeddeathfromamassacreafterbeingdraggedtoabeach,anotherwasstabbedseventimesbythesuppressionforcesbutsurvivedfeigningdeath,andanotherlostmostofherfamilymembersaspartofafugitivefamily.Especiallytheaccountsofsexualviolenceperpetratedagainstwomenaredeeplyinfuriating.Theinterspersedanimationsservetoreenacttheincidentswhilealsohelpingmanagethesurginganger.(MOONSeok)