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YŪREI (GHOSTS)

Directed By Sumie García Hirata

Mexico | Documentary | 83 min

U.S. Premiere

— About YŪREI (GHOSTS) —

The veiled history of Japanese Mexicans and the enduring impact of historical silence on their descendants is portrayed through landscape and choreographic exploration, questioning the formation and theatricality of individual and collective identity. When all that is left of history are vague memories, how do invisible wounds heal?

Through a five-chapter structure, the documentary transits different areas of Mexico, a progression of dance, and the documentary format itself. The chapters progress through the rigidity of Japanese Noh theater, Butoh, and personal dance—as well as moving from the traditional documentary form to an intimate and sensory exploration of memory.

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      • Date and Time

        Sunday, August 11 2024

        2:30 PM to 3:53 PM

      • Venue

        Regal Union Square - Auditorium 15

        850 Broadway
        New York, NY 10003

      Film Details

      1. Photosensitivity

      2. Spanish, Japanese

      3. English

      4. U.S. Premiere

      5. 2023

      6. 83 minutes

      7. Experimental, Mystery

      8. Documentary

      9. Mexico

        1. Sumie García Hirata


        Sumie García Hirata is a visual artist and filmmaker, whose work has been exhibited in 15 countries. She's a member of the prestigious Mexican National System of Art Creators (SNCA) and the director of Familiar Tale, which premiered at the international competition, Visions du Réel 2017. Her short film Relato Familiar was awarded "Best Documentary Short Film" at the Morelia International Film Festival, among others, as well as nominated for a Mexican Academy Award, and was part of Tribeca Film Institute's IF/THEN Shorts program. Her feature, Yūrei (ghosts), premiered in 2023.

        1. Santiago De la Paz Nicolau

          Sumie García Hirata

        1. Sumie García Hirata

          Analía Goethals

          Oscar Velázquez Landazuri

        1. Irene Akiko Iida

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