Aya Hanabusa is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and director of Tale of a Butcher Shop, a film which got its UK premiere when it appeared in this year’s Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme. She is in London for a special talk to discuss her filmmaking style and the themes involved in Tale of a Butcher Shop which include prejudice aimed at the Burakumin minority in Japan as well. This event has been set up by the Japan Foundation as part of their touring film programme and it is a great chance to meet a filmmaker and get the inside story of documentary filmmaking in Japan.
Here’s more information on the film and the venue:
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