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[keiko]

Hi, Mark:
Two women directors--Sumiko Haneda (1926) and Tomoko Fujiwara (b.
1932)--come to mind.   Keiko McDonald



on 5/17/04 2:38 PM, Mark Nornes at amnornes at umich.edu wrote:

> Greetings all,
> 
> There is a major encyclopedia in production on the documentary. The
> publisher is Routledge. I was a bit taken back when they issued their
> preferred topics, as Japan had a national cinema entry and another for
> Ichikawa Kon and that was about it!  Encyclopedias are enormously
> influential when it comes to canon building, and it behooves us to pay
> attention to them and influence them when we have the chance. Well,
> here is a chance.
> 
> The editors have asked for ten entry topics for Japanese documentary as
> well as the names of ten potential writers.  While I could do this
> unilaterally, I thought I would open this up to KineJapan and see what
> kind of list we could come up with together (and at the same time see
> if there are people out there interested in writing [for the usual
> small fee].
> 
> What kinds of entries do you think should make the List of Ten?
> 
> Markus
> 
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