Fundraising Screening of CALF Animation Programme for Play For Japan at the Roxy Bar and Scr

Sat Mar 19 04:21:17 EDT 2011

Wei Tei -

I would imagine that the problem is logistical at the moment. Those big  
fires we saw on the news last weekend looked like oil refineries burning,  
and with people in the Tokyo area stocking up on gas in case they need to  
make a fast escape from the area, I am sure it has been a real strain on  
the system. In the case of Russia and others offering to supply gas, there  
would be a real logistical problem getting it from ships to the Tohoku  
region. Because of the topography of Japan, a town would normally try to  
get supplies from ports on their side of the coast. That is obviously  
impossible for Tohoku because not only will the ports be damaged, but the  
coastal road is likely inaccessible due to debris. By land those towns are  
either accessed by the coastal road or by a road going through the valley  
and as the tsunami went up the valleys I would imagine that the road  
through the valley in each town will have initially have been blocked by  
tsunami devastation. The coastline that has been affected in quite  
extensive. For example, there's at least a 100 kilometres of coastline  
between the city of Sendai and the town Minami Sanriku alone - with many  
little settlements along the way - and that's just a small section of the  
coastline that has been affected.

My husband and I were watching images on the NHK last night of helicopters  
bringing in kerosene and water to the region by helicopter last night. That  
tells us that the land routes are still impassable in some areas. I am sure  
that this will improve in the coming days as they have also been  
broadcasting images of Self Defense force personel clearing the roads  
(which probably could not happen in some areas until bodies were collected)  
and this morning we saw the first image of a ship docking off the coast and  
unloading supplies.

I hope this explains a little bit of the reasons for the difficulty in  
getting supplies to the region. I don't think that it is due to a lack of  
effort or skills, but rather the immensity of the tsunami devastation.

Best Wishes, Cathy

Am 18.03.2011 19:00 schrieb Joel Dickerson <joeldickers85 at yahoo.com>:
> Hello,It seems Damien Penston's e-mail address doesn't work. Is there  
> another address I can reach him at? I'd like to help the relief in any  
> way I can. Thank you.

> JD

> --- On Fri, 3/18/11, Lindsay Nelson lrnelson at usc.edu> wrote:

> From: Lindsay Nelson lrnelson at usc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Fundraising Screening of CALF Animation Programme for Play  
> For Japan at the Roxy Bar and Screen in London
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Cc: "Wei Ting Jen" intewig at gmail.com>
> Date: Friday, March 18, 2011, 7:45 AM

> For those interested in making more direct contributions to the Japan  
> relief effort, here are some options:

> Rescue Japan--non-profit run by
> Tokyoites who are collecting essential items and trucking them directly  
> to shelters in the north, no middlemen. All monetary donations pay for  
> gasoline, truck rentals, etc. http://rescuejapan.asia/

> Damien Penston is putting together a list of names of people who want to  
> volunteer in Japan and help with the relief effort. He is also creating a  
> website for people who want to volunteer to host refugees in their homes.  
> You can email him at damien at japanrefugee.org.

> Finally, Second Harvest Japan is also collecting food and other  
> essentials--again, all monetary donations go directly to trucks,  
> gasoline, and the purchase of goods. Drop off goods at their office in  
> Asakusabashi or donate on their website at  
> http://www.2hj.org/index.php/news/send_us_food_and_supplies/

> Like others, I don't mean to imply that Play for Japan and other efforts  
> like it aren'ta good idea, I'm just providing info on more ways to donate.

> --Lindsay Nelson

> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 4:27 AM, Wei Ting Jen intewig at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone

> Just wanted to raise a question for discussion. There's been lots of  
> fundraising and charity drives going on around the world, and even  
> small-time charities trying to capitalise on the disaster to raise funds  
> on the internet. Even my own company is launching a charity drive for the  
> Red Cross.

> But how much of these funds raised are actually going to go to the  
> earthquake/tsunami victims and refugees? I understand that the Japanese  
> government has not asked for money, only specific items like fuel, gas,  
> boron, medical services, etc. Other unharmed prefectures have been  
> sending relief goods which have been accumulating in relief centres  
> because the local government has not been able to distribute them fast  
> enough (for what reason I don't know).

> I am not questioning people's intentions here, and I fully support events  
> such as Jasper Sharp's Play for Japan (great pun by the way). I don't  
> mean to be controversial, but I just don't think donating money through  
> the internet or to the local Red Cross is the most direct or effective  
> way of helping victims of this disaster. If there was a specific cause,  
> say someone with a direct link to a particular village trying to rebuild  
> homes, yes, that should be fully supported. But donating directly to  
> relief organisations and expecting Mr Hiratsuka to benefit directly....

> Again, I stress that I think Play for Japan is a great event and it's  
> wonderful that people are opening their hearts and wallets to help the  
> disaster victims. I just wonder if there are more effective ways out  
> there to make a contribution?

> Appreciate hearing your thoughts.

> Wei Ting

> 2011/3/18 Jasper Sharp jasper_sharp at hotmail.com>

> I've already posted this information on my own website , but figured  
> there would be UK based Kinejapanners who might be interested.

> The original posts are here:

> http://jaspersharp.com/blog/news/2011/03/play_for_japan/
> http://jaspersharp.com/blog/news/2011/03/earthquake/

> There's also a series of daily video diaries Tokyo-based filmmaker Ian  
> Thomas Ash has been posting on youtube, which I've also been linking to,  
> which might give those outside of Japan a better perspective as to how  
> people are faring in the capital at the moment.

> The Play For Japan website [http://www.playforjapan.com/] has been set up  
> to give details of all fundraising events in the UK for the Tohoku  
> Earthquale. The coming weeks should see a number of arts and music  
> related events taking place in London, such as a handful of gigs by the  
> London-based Aussie electro-techno twosome Loops of Fury  
> [http://www.myspace.com/theloopsoffury] and a 1950′s themed Whiskey  
> Tasting and music Extravaganza with Cask Strength and Gary Driscoll! No  
> doubt there'll be plenty more soon announced too, but if you've got any  
> ideas of ways you can raise money, then get in touch with Play for Japan  
> at events at playforjapan.com.

> Oh yes, and there's also a Play for Japan Facebook group  
> [http://www.facebook.com/PlayPrayPay.A.Little.Something4JapanAid]

> Dates and venues for the above events have yet to be confirmed, which  
> goes someway to show the difficulties in getting hold of a venue at short  
> notice, which is why we are particularly grateful to the Roxy Bar and  
> Screen [http://www.roxybarandscreen.com/] on Borough High Street (midway  
> between London Bridge and Borough tube stations) for stepping in at such  
> short notice and providing both a bar and a screen for a Special  
> screening of Beyond Anime: CALF Animation for Play for Japan, on Sunday 3  
> April from 6-9pm.

> And likewise, a huge thanks to Nobuaki Doi and the animators at CALF,  
> Atsushi Wada, Kei Oyama, Mirai Mizue and the TOCHKA collective for giving  
> their thumbs up to show this film.

> There's no fixed ticket price. Just donate what you want at the door, and  
> we'll no doubt find some other way of prising more money from your hands  
> on the night, all of which will go directly to the

> Japan Society Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund  
> [http://www.japansociety.org.uk/earthquake/]/

> For more details, take a look at the entry on the Play for Japan website  
> [http://www.playforjapan.com/2011/03/17/special-screening-of-beyond-anime-calf-animation-for-play-for-japan/],  
> its Facebook event page  
> [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184988074878632] or the Zipangu  
> Fest website  
> [http://zipangufest.com/events/2011/special-screening-of-beyond-anime-calf-animation-for-play-for-japan],  
> with the full programme listed here  
> [http://zipangufest.com/films/2010/beyond-anime-calf-animation].

> So Just to reiterate, that's

> Special screening of Beyond Anime: CALF Animation for Play for Japan
> Where: The Roxy Bar and Screen, 128-132 Borough High Street, London SE1  
> 1LB (London Bridge and Borough tube stations)
> When: Sunday 03 April 2010, 18:00 – 21:00.

> Jasper Sharp: Writer & Film Curator Homepage
> http://jaspersharp.com/

> Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema

> http://www.midnighteye.com

> Zipangu Fest: Japanarchy in the UK
> http://zipangufest.com/

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