Discussion / workshop with filmmaker Soda Kazuhiro
Stephen P. Heyneman received his PhD in comparative education from the University of Chicago in 1976. He served the World Bank for 22 years. Between 1976 and 1984 he helped research education quality and design policies to support educational effectiveness. Between 1984 and 1989 he was in charge of external training for senior officials worldwide in education policy. And between 1989 and 1998, he was responsible for education policy and lending strategy, first for the Middle East and North Africa and later for the 27 countries of Europe and Central Asia.
Peace is a documentary that examines questions of coexistence through the intermingled story of three people and some stray cats in Okayama, Japan. Toshio Kashiwagi runs an affordable taxi service for the disabled and the elderly, having retired as a principal at a special school. Meanwhile, he feeds a group of stray cats everyday. However, there is a growing tension in the cats' peaceful community because a male "thief cat," an outsider, is trying to invade it.
MENTAL is a feature-length documentary that observes the complex world of an outpatient mental health clinic in Japan, interwoven with patients, doctors, staff, volunteers, and home-helpers, in cinema-verite style. The film breaks a major taboo against discussing mental illness prevalent in Japanese society, and captures the candid lives of people coping with suicidal tendencies, poverty, a sense of shame, apprehension, and fear of society.
The filmmaker, Soda Kazuhiro, will be present for a Q&A session following the screening.
Part of the "Asia on Screen" series.
Open House, Reception, Registration, Recruitment
Don't miss this Opportunity to learn about and be a part of the PITT IN THE PACIFIC, a full-semester study abroad experience starting January 2016.
Learn how you can:
-Assist after Natural Disasters
-Understand Displacements caused by Climatic Change
-Learn about Indigenous Peoples' life-worlds and History
-Learn how Peace-making efforts work
Leading the talk will be three longstanding members of the JNR Committee, each with more than 20 years of involvement from the room's founding until the present day: Woodworker Mr. Arimoto and the two Emeritus Members of the JNR Committee, Dr. Maeshiro and Dr. Motoyama.
In April 2011—one month after the devastating M9.0 earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent crises at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in northeast Japan—an antinuclear demonstration of over 15,000 participants took over the streets of Tokyo. Leading the protest was the raucous sound of chindon-ya, a Japanese practice of musical advertisement dating back to the late 1800s.
