[KineJapan] "REED: The Life and Works of Roy Kiyooka"

[Michael Goldberg]

"REED: The Life and Works of Roy Kiyooka"
SCREENING at the Canadian Embassy, Tokyo
4 pm Friday, June 7

Roy Kiyooka was a Nissei Canadian artist and free spirit whose laugh 
blew me over when I first was in his presence.  This revealing 
documentary could only be made by someone close to Roy, a challenge 
taken up by his filmmaker (and dancer) daughter Fumiko.


Comments from people who knew Roy well:

I found it very moving and personal and direct. What I liked most I suppose the ‘you’, as daughter, in it, and your responses to him as a 
father. We see a very real Roy that many of us did not know. We only saw parts of him. And here there is the range of friendships and 
relationships as well as the range of his art.

Michael Ondaatje

certainly i’ve been thinking about your dad since seeing it. the 
complexity of his life. the many facets of it. it felt to me like your 
magnum opus.  what i’m reminded of is something your dad said, about 
honouring the family tree and the topmost branches – or something like 
that. so i thought of the straight line that gerry shikatani mentioned, 
demonstrating it with his hands together – the straight line down 
through him and through you, your face coming clear through the ice. it 
all felt powerful to me. the power of the connection that does not let 
us go.

Joy Kogawa

The 
presentation is free of charge. The Embassy needs to know how many will 
attend, so please write me ASAP if you think you might join us.  Kindly 
share this invitation.

Michael Goldberg
ivw2 at yahoo.com
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