Friday, 17 December
Asian Movie Night: Ushiku
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Ian Thomas Ash | 2021 | Japan | 87' | EN subs
Welcome to our next screening of the season in collaboration with Asian Movie Night! We invite you to see Ushiku (2021), a documentary directed by Ian Thomas Ash. With a hidden camera Ash recorded the stories of the detainees in one of Japan’s biggest immigration centers – or prison – ‘Ushiku’. This reveals the horrible reality of physical and mental abuse that prevails in these centres. Japan has a notoriously cruel immigration policy and accepted only 0,4% of refugee applicants over the last ten years. Ushiku exposes the hostile nature of Japan’s hushed up discriminatory immigration system and the human rights violations it imbues. In a country that portrays itself as the emblem of politeness and “omotenashi” – or hospitality – this documentary reveals an especially harrowing truth.
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- film
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- Documentary