[J-Info] Touhoku earthquake charity film screening

[Amy Snyder Ohta]

FYI--screening of a documentary about the earthquake/tsunami disaster
coming soon...

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From: Jake Sanders <emetchar at hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:17 PM
Subject: RE: touhoku earthquake charity film screening
To: aohta at uw.edu


 On March 14, AMC Pacific place in downtown Seattle (in Westlake Center
near the bus tunnel exit) will be holding a premiere charity screening of
the documentary Pray For Japan

On March 11, 2011, Japan’s Tohoku coastal region was destroyed by a 9.0
magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami that followed.  *PRAY FOR JAPAN
* takes place in the devastated region of Ishinomaki, Miyagi – the largest
coastal city in Tohoku with a population of over 160,000 people. Filmmaker Stu
Levy <http://prayforjapan.ning.com/page/the-director> – an American living
in Japan - filmed the tsunami aftermath during his trips to Tohoku as a
volunteer and over a period of 6 weeks, captured over 50 hours of footage.

*PRAY FOR JAPAN* focuses on four key perspectives of the tragedy – School,
Shelter, Family, and Volunteers. With each perspective we meet victims who
faced significant obstacles and fought to overcome them. Through these four
vantage points, the audience is able to understand the vast ramifications
of this large-scale natural disaster – and the battle these real-life
heroes fought on behalf of their loved ones and their hometown.

All profits go to Japan Emergency NGO

Details here:
http://prayforjapan-film.org/events/seattle-wa-premiere


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*Amy Snyder Ohta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Japanese Applied Linguistics
Dept. of Asian Languages & Literature
University of Washington
Box 353521, Seattle, WA  98195
Office phone:  (206) 543-6315     Dept. Office: (206) 543-4996
Office location:  Gowen M231*
*email: aohta at uw.edu*
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