Onde as Ondas Quebram | Where the Waves Break
Brazil is home to the largest Nikkei diaspora in the world — sharing similarities with other Japanese diasporas, with key differences. In the essay film “Where the Waves Break”, the Japanese Brazilian documentary filmmaker Inara Chayamiti investigates her fragmented identity by gluing together pieces of her family’s story and the Japanese Brazilian saga, marked by two diasporas between opposite sides of the world: Brazil and Japan.
In this first feature-length documentary directed by a Japanese-Brazilian woman, she builds generational and cultural bridges from an authentic point of view and a curious and affective quest. And by revisiting the past from erased angles, she tells invisible stories from her community. It is historical and current, personal and universal.
Programming/discussion will take place directly after film.
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