The Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, and Columbia Japan Society present a screening of ANPO: Art X War, directed by Linda Hoaglund.
Discussion and Q&A with filmmaker to follow, moderated by Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
7:00 PM
Uris Hall, Room 301
ANPO: Art X War, reveals the story of resistance to U.S. military bases which remain in Japan today, through a collage of paintings, photographs, anime, films, and music, by Japan’s most respected artists. These artists and their art portray the devastating impact of the struggle against the U.S. military presence, which erupted into a democratic, national uprising in 1960.
Director Bio
Linda Hoaglund was born in Japan, the daughter of American missionary parents, and was raised in rural Japan where she attended Japanese public schools. A graduate of Yale University, she was a bilingual news producer for Japanese television between 1981 and 1987. In 1987 she joined an independent American film production company as a producer. Since 1996, she has subtitled 140 Japanese films. She represents Japanese directors abroad and is actively producing several film projects. She recently produced and wrote the documentary film Wings of Defeat, theatrically released in Japan in July 2007 as Tokko.
In 2004, she received a commendation from the Foreign Minister of Japan for her work promoting Japanese film abroad.
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