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Sheffield DocFest · 2008

Sheffield DocFest 2008

Ogawa Retrospective

The organisers write: "Ogawa lived and breathed documentary and is hailed as one of the most courageous and visionary of documentary directors in history. Ogawa embedding himself with his subjects for prolong periods, began a filmmaking collective and was a founder of Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival."

Programme

5 films

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Devotion

Nagisa Oshima, Kazuo Hara and many of Shinsuke Ogawa’s colleagues contribute to this striking film about Ogawa Pro and its group dynamics.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Barbara Hammer) , Official site

Dokkoi! A Song Of The Bottom (Dokkoi! Ningen Bushi)

An exploration of Kotobukicho, an area of great social deprivation.

(Country: Japan; Year: 1974; Director: Ogawa Shinsuke)

Filmmaking And The Way To The Village (Eiga Dukuri To Muraheno Michi)

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the shooting of Sanrizuka – Heta Village.

(Country: Japan; Year: 1967; Director: Fukuda Katsuhiko)

A Movie Capital, Again (Eiganomiyako, Hutatabi)

Factual film charting the fortunes of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.

(Country: Japan; Year: 200; Director: Toshio Iizuka)

Sanrizuka - Heta Village

Ogawa Pro’s sixth film set in Sanrizuka, the site of the extraordinary civil war between police and anti-airport protestors.

(Country: Japan; Year: 1973; Director: Shinsuke Ogawa)