<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear KineJapanners,<br><br>Karen Severns has announced a screening at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on Monday, March 7. FCCJ is a private club, so please reserve through Karen if you would like to attend: <a href="mailto:kjs30@gol.com">kjs30@gol.com</a>.<br><br>Best,<br>Patrick Noonan<br><br><br><br><a href="http://www.fccj.or.jp/node/6400">http://www.fccj.or.jp/node/6400</a><br><br>SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING followed by a Q&A session with director Kyoko Gasha<br><br>MONDAY, MARCH 7<br>7:00 pm 20th floor<br><br>MOTHERS’ WAY, DAUGHTERS’ CHOICE<br>USA, 2009 85 minutes<br>In Japanese and English with appropriate subtitles<br><br>Join the Movie Committee as we honor the centenary of International Women’s Day (1911 – 2011) with a film that celebrates the achievements of Japanese women in New York City.<br><br>Whenever her mother put a hat on her head as a child, Kyoko Gasha would always say with excitement, “I’m taking a trip abroad.” Forty years later, Gasha was living in New York City and discovering that she wasn’t alone: the city was filled with successful women from the world’s second largest economic power —but why would they choose to start their lives over in such a competitive environment, so far from home? Gasha, a longtime reporter for TV Tokyo and Reuters TV, began making a film to find out.<br><br>The documentary “Mothers’ Way, Daughters’ Choice” explores how several Japanese women struggle to reconcile their traditional upbringing with their desire to live fulfilling lives. To understand their struggles, Gasha delves into the deep, powerful influences of Japanese culture on her own life as well, weaving parallel tales of guilt, denial, sacrifice and joy. This is a story of cultures clashing on a personal level.<br><br>“Mothers’ Way, Daughters’ Choice” is the winner of the Audience and Best Cultural Documentary awards at the New York International Independent Movie Festival, and recipient of the prestigious Front Page Award from the Newswomen’s Club of New York.<br><br>All movie screenings are private, noncommercial events restricted to FCCJ members and their guests.<br><br>Karen Severns, Edwin Karmiol, Movie Committee</body></html>