Though the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival goes on until October 13, the Film Critics’ Workshop at the festival winds up today with three articles. The first covers a widely attended and much-discussed program of films and discussions dealing with the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan and the subsequent nuclear disaster. The second and third are reviews of Mehran Tamadon’s Bassidji, a study of Iran’s guardians of morality, and Zhang Mengqi’s Self-Portrait with Three Women, a Chinese director’s interrogation of identity.
Above: 311 (Mori Tatsuya, Yasuoka Takaharu, Watai Takeharu, and Matsubayashi Yoju).
Facing the Earthquake: “Cinema with Us” at the Yidff
In reference to the festival’s strong local community base, “Cinema with Us” was the title chosen for the special program of screenings at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival on the topic of the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake. For the many audience members...
Above: 311 (Mori Tatsuya, Yasuoka Takaharu, Watai Takeharu, and Matsubayashi Yoju).
Facing the Earthquake: “Cinema with Us” at the Yidff
In reference to the festival’s strong local community base, “Cinema with Us” was the title chosen for the special program of screenings at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival on the topic of the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake. For the many audience members...
- 10/10/2011
- MUBI
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