CNNgo – The whole story on being “hafu”
12 2nd, 2010
At our Kyoto sneak preview, CNNgo journalist Daniel Krieger interviewed us. The article was published this past Monday.
The whole story on being ‘hafu’
By Daniel Krieger 29 November, 2010
What does it mean to be half-Japanese in 21st-century Japan?
This is what filmmakers Megumi Nishikura and Lara Takagi set out to explore in their documentary film, “Hafu,” of which they showed a preview screening last month at the Kansai Franco-Japanese Institute in Kyoto.
Read the full article here.
A write up in the JAPAN TIMES!
6 23rd, 2010
Exciting news! We were recently written up in the Japan Times.
Article on the flim in the Japan Times
Here’s an excerpt and the link to the rest of the article
‘Hafu’ draws viewers into world of Japanese identity
Participants see themselves as part of emerging community
By NOOSHIN NAVIDI
Staff writer
“Hafu,” the Japanese term for people who are half-Japanese, takes on a more intricate meaning through the unfolding of mixed-race Japanese lives in the documentary “Hafu.” Those starring in the film and those behind the project identify themselves as a newly emerging community.
With production in full swing and a target finish date by the end of this year, “Hafu” aims to explore and initiate dialogue on what it means to be multiracial and multicultural in Japan.
To read more…