{"id":3027,"date":"2009-04-17T12:01:04","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T03:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2009-04-17T12:01:04","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T03:01:04","slug":"filmmaker-requests-interviewees-for-documentary-on-nj-visa-overstayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=3027","title":{"rendered":"Filmmaker requests interviewees for documentary on NJ visa overstayers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHi Blog. \u00a0Filmmaker Adrian Francis has this request. \u00a0Arudou Debito<\/p>\n

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Hello Debito.org readers. \u00a0I am an Australian documentary filmmaker living in Tokyo. I am currently researching a documentary about illegal workers in Japan. Their plight has been in the spotlight in recent months due to the Calderon family case, and more generally, against a background debate about the role of immigration in present and future Japan. Like the Calderons, \u00a0many illegal workers in Japan are important contributors to this country, but are not acknowledged as such by the police, a sensationalist media, or official government policy. My aim is to make a film that can give illegal workers themselves some kind of voice in a public discussion about their role.<\/em><\/div>\n
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At this stage I’m thinking purely in terms of research. I understand that this is a highly sensitive topic, and for the people themsleves it could potentially involve deportation or incarceration. If you, or someone you know is in this situation, I would very much like to hear about your\/their experiences. I would be happy to communicate in any form that is most comfortable – email, phone, or in person.<\/em><\/div>\n

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For your reference, here is a link to a trailer and synopsis of a short documentary I made last year in Australia:<\/em><\/div>\n

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http:\/\/www.featherfilms.com.au\/lessons-from-the-night\/<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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I can be contacted on wabi_sabi_09 \u00a0AT \u00a0yahoo.com<\/em><\/div>\n

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Any help would be most appreciated.<\/em><\/div>\n

\nAdrian Francis<\/em><\/div>\n
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Adrian Francis: I am an Australian documentary filmmaker living in Tokyo. I am currently researching a documentary about illegal workers in Japan. Their plight has been in the spotlight in recent months due to the Calderon family case, and more generally, against a background debate about the role of immigration in present and future Japan. Like the Calderons, many illegal workers in Japan are important contributors to this country, but are not acknowledged as such by the police, a sensationalist media, or official government policy. My aim is to make a film that can give illegal workers themselves some kind of voice in a public discussion about their role.<\/p>\n

At this stage I’m thinking purely in terms of research. I understand that this is a highly sensitive topic, and for the people themsleves it could potentially involve deportation or incarceration. If you, or someone you know is in this situation, I would very much like to hear about your\/their experiences. I would be happy to communicate in any form that is most comfortable – email, phone, or in person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,16,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immigration-assimilation","category-labor-issues","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}