I happened to organize a movie showing on the same day as rice planting.
The movie is called "降りてゆく生き方", or Life getting down(?)
http://www.nippon-p.org/mov.html
This is a fiction story about a guy who works for a multinational company and goes to a countryside village to privatize the land, meets a local farmer who grows rice organically, a lady who makes rice wine traditionally, a social worker, etc. and ends up quitting the job and helping this yound guy who tries to save the environment, empower the local community and the kids....
The stuff of the movie were on Sado for a week and a friend of mine who has connection with them suggested doing a movie showing at my dad's cabin. It was such a short notice (=3 days before the showing) that I didn't really have time to advertise the event but more than 40 people came to watch it on the day from all over Sado :).
The whole event was very warm- family-like? Lots of people stayed after the showing to share stories and time together, old local farmers brought food for the stuff, etc. Made me very happy.
I became friends with the movie stuff-they have quit their jobs in Tokyo to help support/show this movie nationwide :0 amazing.
I am thankful for the opportunity to watch and show this movie in the cabin :)
1 comment:
The whole event seems to be very nice. I'd like to watch the movie, 面白そう, but I guess it's unknown in Europe. They should add it on youtube or google video :-)
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