“Take Two” on Jan. 11th!
It’s the first Take Two of the year!
A unique all-Japanese program featuring an award-winning short film by Jeff Sousa about a Japanese theater company, followed by a play by Michael Feingold about a Japanese film director.
Afterward, join filmmaker Jeff Sousa and playwright Feingold for a discussion on the connection between theater and film in Japan, led by Kyoko Hirano, film curator of the Japan Society 1986-2004 and current adjunct and research fellow at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto.
$10 donation, no one turned away
$3-$6 full bar
www.directarts.org
7:00 SOCIAL (HALF) HOUR
Theater artists, filmmakers and social activists unite! And get slightly tipsy together.
7:30 THE HIROSAKI PLAYERS, Jeff Sousa, 2009
During a Japanese theater company’s premiere in New York, the director clashes with the lead actor, an aging star of samurai films who also happens to be his father. Winner of Best Narrative Short at the Woodstock Festival.
8:00 JAPANOIR, By Michael Feingold, Directed by Nancy Robillard
A famous film director’s illustrious career is dissected through his two most famous movies, LOVE MOVIE and MONEY MOVIE, in Michael Feingold’s delightful romp through 50 years of Japanese cinematic styles.
With Nadia Gan, Marcus Ho, Carl Ka-Ho Li, Victoria Linchong, Kira Onodera, Andy Pang and Ian Wen.
Tuesday, January 11 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
The Ballroom of the Ukrainian National Home
140 Second Ave (between 8th & 9th St)
New York, NY
