Fundraising Screening of CALF Animation Programme for Play For Japan at the Roxy Bar and Screen in London

[Wei Ting Jen]

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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