TEN DAYS TO CONTEMPLATE “INCLUSION” THROUGH FILM
Shining a Spotlight on Overcoming Disabilities
Venue(s): Tokyo Photographic Art MuseumOne English subtitled film is from 10:30 on Oct. 28
Language: One film is with English subtitles
Official website: topmuseum.jp/contents/exhibition/movie-4156.html
Theater website: topmuseum.jp/e/contents/pages/guide_index.html
Trailer: https://dsystem.jp/challenged/img/challenged_TR.mp4
Tariff: General: ¥1,600, Seniors/students: ¥1,200
Advance tickets: General: ¥1,000 at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum and Yurindo in Ebisu
Talk event: Check details on the official site.
Title: INCLUSIONを映画で考える10日間 (Inclusion wo Eiga de Kangaeru Tokakan)
Director: Ken'ichi Oguri (小栗謙一)
Duration: 90 min
The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Ebisu is hosting a package of films under the moniker "10 Days to Contemplate Inclusion through Film,” with the stated purpose of involving audiences in the discussion about eliminating prejudice against people with intellectual disabilities, as well as deepening their understanding of the challenges they face. One of the 5 films is subtitled.
The organizer of the screenings is the Able Society, which was established by Kayoko Hosokawa (wife of former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa) after she was involved in the first Special Olympics in 1991. As she writes, “Unfortunately, 80% of the people in Japan are still indifferent to people with disabilities, and because they don't know about them, lack of understanding and prejudice has created an invisible wall between them. On the other hand, Western countries have already advanced from the era of "normalization" to the era of ‘inclusion,’ and a majority of their citizens considers the participation of people with disabilities in society to be a matter of course.”
Challenged チャレンジド
Some 20 years ago, she started working with director Ken'ichi Oguri to executive produce documentaries featuring people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Among their five films is the latest, Challenged, which focuses on a colony in Nagasaki Prefecture in which people with intellectual disabilities live independent, full lives among the local community. Oguri follows the six young members of the Zuiho Daiko drumming team and their families, and demonstrates how the colony has embodied the ideals of an inclusive society — although it took many years to achieve this goal.
Challenged also considers several inspiring stories from Europe, where the Zuiho Daiko group has frequently invited to play, such as the French hip-hop group Artipique and the members of RambaZamba Theater in Berlin.
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Ebisu is hosting a package of films under the moniker "10 Days to Contemplate Inclusion through Film,” with the stated purpose of involving audiences in the discussion about eliminating prejudice against people with intellectual disabilities, as well as deepening their understanding of the challenges they face. One of the 5 films is subtitled.
The organizer of the screenings is the Able Society, which was established by Kayoko Hosokawa (wife of former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa) after she was involved in the first Special Olympics in 1991. As she writes, “Unfortunately, 80% of the people in Japan are still indifferent to people with disabilities, and because they don't know about them, lack of understanding and prejudice has created an invisible wall between them. On the other hand, Western countries have already advanced from the era of "normalization" to the era of ‘inclusion,’ and a majority of their citizens considers the participation of people with disabilities in society to be a matter of course.”
Challenged チャレンジド
Some 20 years ago, she started working with director Ken'ichi Oguri to executive produce documentaries featuring people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Among their five films is the latest, Challenged, which focuses on a colony in Nagasaki Prefecture in which people with intellectual disabilities live independent, full lives among the local community. Oguri follows the six young members of the Zuiho Daiko drumming team and their families, and demonstrates how the colony has embodied the ideals of an inclusive society — although it took many years to achieve this goal.
Challenged also considers several inspiring stories from Europe, where the Zuiho Daiko group has frequently invited to play, such as the French hip-hop group Artipique and the members of RambaZamba Theater in Berlin.
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Please be sure to check with the theater before going.