Screen/Society--Cine-East: Films of Naomi Kawase--"Embracing" (Ni tsutsumarete) & "Kya Ka Ra Ba A"
Film Screening Featuring:
Embracing (1992, 40 min)
and
Kya Ka Ra Ba A (2001. 49 min)
-- Introduced by Prof. Hitomi Endo!
-- Followed by discussion on the work of Kawase Naomi, one of Japan's leading female filmmakers, led by Prof. Leo Ching and Prof. Takushi Odagiri!
Embracing (Ni tsutsumarete)
(KAWASE Naomi, 1992, 40 min, Japan, in Japanese with English subtitles, DVD)
A tender record of the filmmaker's search for her father, who left her as a small child, this documentary launched Kawase's filmmaking career.
Kya Ka Ra Ba A (KAWASE Naomi, 2001. 49 min, Japan, in Japanese with English subtitles, DVD)
"Your father passed away. Give us a call immediately." The message in Kawase's cell phone informs her of her father's death. More than a year has passed since his death. Also 8 years since Embracing, in which Kawase took a camera to film her journey to find him.
Cost: Free and Open to the Public!
Sponsors: Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI) and Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and the Program in the Art of the Moving Image (AMI).