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Hi Blog. I’ve been interviewed for a couple of documentary movies in the past. The first one came out in Germany a few months ago. Entitled SOUR STRAWBERRIES, about labor migration (“Japan’s hidden ‘guest workers'”) and human rights in Japan, one of the directors, Tilman Koenig, has this to say (in excerpt):
We had a German version of the documentary already done in September, and showed it in some cinemas arround here and had some very good reviews in newspapers. At this time we are working on the English and especially the Japanese version. Daniel [one of the other directors] will come to Japan in March 2009, so we are planning to show the documentary several times in March. The documentary is 58 Minutes long (45h of raw material) in the actual version…
The five-minute coming attractions reel is here, in English and Japanese:
I’m thrilled to report that the interview with me was even in the coming attractions (watch to the end from the link above), which featured a little visit to Kabukichou where we uncovered some of the JAPANESE ONLY signs. Apparently a little tete-a-tete I had with one of the exclusionary shopkeeps was also included in full in the final cut.
If I hear word of where those screenings will be in March, I’ll let readers of Debito.org know. Happy Xmas Eve, everyone. Debito