The whole story on being ‘hafu’Posted in Articles, Asian Diaspora, Identity Development/Psychology, New Media, Videos on 2010-12-03 02:23Z by Steven |
The whole story on being ‘hafu’
CNN International
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2010-11-29
The movie ‘Hafu’ explores the limbo world of people who are half-Japanese and half something else, as they try to find their place in society
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.
The film, which is not yet completed, is an offshoot of the Hafu Project, which was set up in London two years ago by sociologist Marcia Yume Lise and photographer Natalie Maya Willer, both half-Japanese.
The project profiles hafus with photos and interviews that shed light on the experience of living between two cultures.
“We wanted to create an opportunity to discuss contemporary Japan through the lens of half Japanese,” says Lise…
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