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Michael Fukishima
Michael Fukushima, Minoru: Memory of Exile. 1992. Animated film, NFB
Michael Fukushima has been directing and producing animation films since 1984. He joined the National Film Board in 1990, directing the Hot Docs-winning animated documentary, Minoru: memory of exile. He's been an NFB producer since 1997, and is the creator of the Animation Hothouse, a program that is helping usher in a new generation of filmmakers to the NFB. Fukushima's credits as an NFB producer reflect the eclecticism and diversity of his own tastes, particularly around abstract and slightly off-centre animation. Fukushima has also worked hard to open up the genre to new audiences and new technologies, through interactive installations, mobile phones and even "animation on stage".
His notable productions include the Genie Award-winning cNote by Chris Hinton, Lillian Chan's award-winning Jaime Lo, small and shy, and two shorts from the hugely successful mobile phone anthology Art of Seduction. He recently completed Sainte Barbe, in co-production with Hélium Films (Switzerland), and the abstract short HA'Aki, with Iriz Pääbo. He is in development with Japanese filmmaker Koji Yamamura, and Paul Bush from the United Kingdom, opening more opportunities for international collaboration.
About the film:
The bombing of the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, by a nation he knew only by name, thrust nine-year-old Minoru Fukushima (Michael's father) into a world of racism so malevolent he would be forced to leave Canada, the land of his birth. Like thousands of other Japanese Canadians, Minoru and his family were branded "enemy alien", and dispatched to internment camps in the interior of British Columbia, then deported to Japan. Directed by Michael Fukushima, Minoru: Memory of Exile, artfully combines classical animation with archival material. The memories of the father are interspersed with the voice of the son, weaving a tale of suffering and survival, of a birthright lost and recovered.
Minoru: Memory of Exile
Directed by Michael Fukishima
Produced by William Pettigrew
Photo taken from the production
© 1992 National Film Board of Canada.
All rights reserved.
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Michael Fukushima has been directing and producing animation films since 1984. He joined the National Film Board in 1990, directing the Hot Docs-winning animated documentary, Minoru: memory of exile. He's been an NFB producer since 1997, and is the creator of the Animation Hothouse, a program that is helping usher in a new generation of filmmakers to the NFB. Fukushima's credits as an NFB producer reflect the eclecticism and diversity of his own tastes, particularly around abstract and slightly off-centre animation. Fukushima has also worked hard to open up the genre to new audiences and new technologies, through interactive installations, mobile phones and even "animation on stage".
His notable productions include the Genie Award-winning cNote by Chris Hinton, Lillian Chan's award-winning Jaime Lo, small and shy, and two shorts from the hugely successful mobile phone anthology Art of Seduction. He recently completed Sainte Barbe, in co-production with Hélium Films (Switzerland), and the abstract short HA'Aki, with Iriz Pääbo. He is in development with Japanese filmmaker Koji Yamamura, and Paul Bush from the United Kingdom, opening more opportunities for international collaboration.
About the film:
The bombing of the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, by a nation he knew only by name, thrust nine-year-old Minoru Fukushima (Michael's father) into a world of racism so malevolent he would be forced to leave Canada, the land of his birth. Like thousands of other Japanese Canadians, Minoru and his family were branded "enemy alien", and dispatched to internment camps in the interior of British Columbia, then deported to Japan. Directed by Michael Fukushima, Minoru: Memory of Exile, artfully combines classical animation with archival material. The memories of the father are interspersed with the voice of the son, weaving a tale of suffering and survival, of a birthright lost and recovered.
Minoru: Memory of Exile
Directed by Michael Fukishima
Produced by William Pettigrew
Photo taken from the production
© 1992 National Film Board of Canada.
All rights reserved.
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