Fwd: Japanese Documentary on the Iraq War

[Aaron Gerow]

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> From: "^[$B$^$D$0$_$[^[(B" <mmatsugu at gmail.com>
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> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Japanese video journalist Watai Takeharu will be presenting his
> documentary on War in Iraq, Little Birds, at DePaul University on
> January 25th and at University of Chicago on January 26th. A talk with
> Mr. Watai will follow. We will provide a translation of one of the
> chapters from his book, Little Birds: from Inside a War Torn Baghdad
> (translated by Mika Endo).
>
> After Chicago, the director will visit five cities in the United
> States including Oakland and San Francisco (CA), Austin (TX), New York
> City and Ithaca (NY).
>
> Miho Matsugu
> Assistant Professor
> Japanese Studies Program
> Department of Modern Languages
> DePaul University
> mmatsugu at depaul.edu
>
> LITTLE BIRDS (2005, 102 min)
>
> Description: Winner of the 2005 Human Rights Award at the Locarno
> International Film Festival, the independently-produced documentary,
> "Little Birds" is a result of 123 hours of footage shot in Iraq over a
> span of a year and a half by Japan's award-winning video journalist,
> Takeharu Watai. Edited down to 102 minutes and released in Japanese
> theaters last year, the film has since then been screened over 200
> times domestically. A freelance journalist, Watai began filming on
> March, 2003, before the invasion of Iraq. On the surface all is calm
> on the streets of Baghdad but from there, as the aerial attacks begin
> and destruction engulfs the country, the viewer is forced to confront
> a reality far different from what the mainstream media around the
> world has reported.
>
> Director Profile: WATAI Takeharu, born in 1971 in Japan. Watai is a
> freelance video journalist and a member of Asia Press International, a
> news agency consisting of a group of independent journalists. His
> extensive experience covering conflict-ridden areas around the globe
> include reports of the crisis in Sudan, East Timor, Afghanistan and
> Iraq. For his reporting activities, he received the 2003 Vaughn-Ueda
> Awards Special Prize and the 41st Galaxy Awards Excellent Reporting
> Prize. In 2005 he published a book by the same title, "Little Birds."
>
> Schedule:
>
> January 25, Thursday
>
> DePaul University
> Time: 7-9 pm
> Place: Munroe Hall 114/115/116
> 2312 N. Clifton Ave, Chicago
> Sponsored by Japanese Studies, the Department of Modern Languages, and 
> the
> Program on Peace/Conflict Resolution/Social Justice Studies
> Contact: Miho Matsugu
> mmatsugu at depaul.edu
>
> January 26, Friday
>
> Chicago University
> Time: 3-6 pm
> Place: Cobb Hall 101
> 5811 South Ellis Avenue
> Chicago, Illinois 60637
> Sponsored by Art and Politics in East Asia Workshop
> Human Rights Program
> Contact :Chun Chun Ting
> ccting at uchicago.edu
>
>
> January 27, Saturday
> Place: Humanist Hall
> 390 27th Street, Oakland
> Time: 7 pm
> Screening & Talk with WATAI Takeharu and Carolyn Ho (mother of Lt. 
> Ehren
> Watada*)
>
> General admission: $8.00 / Students, Seniors, AFF members $6.00
> Film presented by Arab Film Festival: www.aff.org
> Endorsed by Lt. Ehren Watada support committee: www.thankyoult.org
> Organizer, Masami Endo: masami_endo at msn.com
>
> January 28, Sunday
> Women's Building
> 3543 18th Street
> San Francisco
> Time: 7 pm
> Screening & Talk with WATAI Takeharu and Carolyn Ho (mother of Lt. 
> Ehren
> Watada*)
>
> General admission: $8.00 / Students, Seniors, AFF members $6.00
> Film presented by Arab Film Festival: www.aff.org
> Endorsed by Lt. Ehren Watada support committee: www.thankyoult.org
> Organizer, Masami Endo: masami_endo at msn.com
>
> *Lt.Ehren Watada became the first commissioned officer to publicly 
> refuse
> deployment to the Iraq war. Lt.Watada faces court-martial charges and 
> six
> years of prison if found guilty. For more information: 
> www.thankyoult.org
>
> Jan. 31 Austin Texas
> Screening + Q&A
> Place: Alamo Drafthouse -Alamo Downtown Theater
> 409 Colorado St. Downtown, Austin, TX
> (512) 476-1320
> http://www.originalalamo.com/downtown/frames.asp
> Time:  7 pm
>
> Contact:  Pat Youngblood
> pat at thirdcoastactivist.org
> The Third Coast Activist Resource Center
> http://ThirdCoastActivist.org <http://thirdcoastactivist.org/>
>  (512)844-9362
>
> Feb. 1st (Thur.) Texas
> University of Texas
> Lecture by WATAI Takeharu at Robert Jensen's (Professor of Journalism) 
> class
> Start: 8am
>
> Contact:
> Robert Jensen,
> Professor of Journalism
> University of Texas
> rjensen at uts.cc.utexas.edu
>
>
> Feb. 7 New York
> Screening + Q&A
> 5:30PM - 8PM
> 777 United Nations Plaza
> (Corner of 44th St and 1st Ave, in from of UN HQ)
> New York, NY 10017
> 2nd floor
>
> Contact: Peace Boat US
> TEL: 212-687-7214
> MAIL?info at peaceboat-us.org
>
> Feb. 8, 9 Cornell Unv. (NY)
>
> Feb. 8 Lecture by WATAI Takeharu
> Place: Cornell Unv.
> Time: 16:30 (90 min.)
>
> Feb. 9 Screening + Q&A
> Place: Cornell Unv.
> Time: 19:30
>
> Contact: David Patt
> dp228 at IS.Cornell.edu
> Director of Outreach
> Cornell East Asia Program
> 140 Uris Hall
> Ithaca, NY 14850-7601
> Tel: 607-255-8366
> Fax: 607-255-1388
> www.einaudi.cornell.edu/eastasia
>
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