And today we screen Our film festival, #globalstagehollywood, working with the Government of Alberta and The Town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido, presents a very special screening at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo. "Songs of Kamui" is a coming-of-age tale about the headstrong and brilliant Teru, who longs to attend school with the other girls. But in early 20th-century Japan, Teru is excluded because she is Ainu (Indigenous to Hokkaido Japan) Because the Ainu culture transmits its traditions through “yukar” (oral poems) instead of writing, it is dismissed as rudimentary by the Japanese elite. But when Teru meets a Tokyo professor who has devoted his life to decoding yukar, Teru seizes her chance to not only prove her brilliance but also to rewrite the fate of her people. Even as the past decades have seen a rise of interest in celebrating the histories and cultures of Indigenous people in Australia, Europe, the United States, and the Canadian-Alaskan Inuit, Japan is starting to reconcile its own issues regarding Indigenous people. The Ainu people have called Hokkaido – home for thousands of years, but it wasn’t until the 2010s that the Japanese government finally recognized them as the region’s “official” indigenous culture; the Ainu are still fighting for the right to fish their traditional waters. Untaught in our schools, Ainu culture risks erasure if it’s not recorded and conveyed to future generations. The Town of Higashikawa, our partner of two years, has been unique in its funding, production, and promotion of this film. It is an excellent example of how local areas of Japan can promote themselves abroad. This is something #globalconnectsmedia is in deep support of and encourages other areas to try similar. We are very proud to be involved in this important project and will bring "Songs of Kamui" to Los Angeles later this year to Global Stage Hollywood 2024, Nov 1-3rd at the #chinesetheatre in Hollywood. #indigenous #dei #ainu #reconciliation #film #independentfilm #localrevitalization #traveljapan https://lnkd.in/gRWsRAaH
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