Asian Movie Night: Ushiku

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.

 

Date & Time: 

Friday, 17 December, 2021 - 15:00

Category: 

  • film

Topics: 

  • Documentary

Price: 

5 euros (Cineville card valid)
Filmhuis Cavia
Van Hallstraat 52-1
1051 HH Amsterdam
Netherlands

Directions: 

Go through the gate. Cavia is on the right hand side, above Xena Sports. Take the stairs.

Filmhuis Cavia is a counterculture cinema, (legally) founded by a squatters movement in 1983, which programs films you aren't likely to see anywhere else.

categories: 

  • film

opening times: 

We're open a couple of days in the week. Look us up to find our monthly program.
Doors always open half an hour before the film starts.