{"id":855,"date":"2013-01-22T08:18:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T23:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/?p=855"},"modified":"2014-01-12T00:11:10","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T15:11:10","slug":"work-in-progress-screenings-kartemquin-films-new-projects-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/22\/work-in-progress-screenings-kartemquin-films-new-projects-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Work-in-Progress Screenings, Kartemquin Films, New Projects, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"IMG_6649\"
Mizuho Sugeno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"asami<\/a>
The Asami family farms in Aizu in Western Fukushima.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2013 greetings from Junko Kajino and Ed M. Koziarski of Homesick Blues Productions, the filmmakers behind the ongoing documentary\u00a0<\/a>Uncanny Terrain<\/i>, about organic farmers in Fukushima, Japan fighting to hold onto their land and their livelihoods in the face of nuclear fallout.<\/p>\n

We are well into editing footage from our first two years of production.<\/p>\n

We are gearing up to return to Fukushima to capture the farmer\u2019s ongoing struggle to build a healthier, more sustainable food supply, two years after the Great Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011 and the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.<\/p>\n

Work-in-Progress Screenings<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Work-in-progress footage from\u00a0Uncanny Terrain<\/i>\u00a0will be screened in the\u00a0Urgenci\u00a05th International Community Supported Agriculture Conference<\/a>,\u00a0Tuesday, Jan. 22 at Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, and the\u00a0Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York\u2019s 31st Annual Organic Farming and Gardening Conference<\/a>, Friday, Jan. 25 at Saratoga Hilton & City Center, Saratoga Springs, New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Please check out our work at these valuable conferences if you\u2019re in the area.<\/p>\n

Update from Fukushima<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organic farmer Seiji Sugeno is fighting to keep alive his mountain village of Towa, whose economy is ravaged by the aftermath of the nuclear disaster two years ago.\u00a0\u00a0Sugeno is convinced that human contact is the key to overcoming public fears of Fukushima produce, so he travels Japan explaining Fukushima farmers\u2019 efforts to reduce radioactive contamination and sustain the land their ancestors have cultivated for generations.<\/p>\n

Sugeno\u2019s\u00a024-year-old daughter Mizuho has launched the Seed of Hope Company to welcome guests from across Japan and internationally to visit their idyllic Playing-with-Clouds Farm and experience the life their family is fighting to protect.<\/p>\n

Masami\u00a0Yoshizawa, who kept his 300 cows alive inside the nuclear evacuation zone in defiance of a government kill order, despite losing many cows to an outbreak of disease, has seen his herd grow to 350 with new births and the adoption of strays from neighboring farms.\u00a0\u00a0Possibly in retaliation for his outspoken activism and media presence,\u00a0Yoshizawa\u00a0lost his permit to enter the evacuation zone.\u00a0\u00a0The day before\u00a0Yoshizawa\u00a0and his team were set to give up and release the herd, he reversed course and set out to confront the officials who had denied his permit, and demand the right to continue caring for his cows.<\/p>\n

As new disasters turn the eyes of the world and Japan away from Fukushima,\u00a0Uncanny Terrain\u00a0<\/i>continues our journey with\u00a0Yoshizawa\u00a0and the Sugenos and the other farmers who struggle every day to find a way to live in tune with a natural environment compromised by manmade catastrophe.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Kartemquin Films\u2019 Diverse Voices in Docs<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Uncanny Terrain\u00a0<\/i>codirector\u00a0Junko Kajino has been invited to join Diverse Voices in Docs, a new program of pioneering Chicago documentary producers\u00a0Kartemquin Films<\/a>\u00a0(Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters<\/i>) and the Community Film Workshop of Chicago, designed to develop talent among Chicago\u2019s minority nonfiction filmmakers.\u00a0\u00a0Diverse Voices in Docs is supported by the Joyce Foundation, The Academy\u00a0for Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and Kat Lei Productions.<\/p>\n

New Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u00a0have launched two new documentary projects. \u00a0One project<\/a>\u00a0follows two very different high school rap groups in Chicago’s West Side Austin neighborhood.<\/p>\n

The other project explores one Chicagoan’s efforts to replace Syria’s embattled Assad regime with a fledgling democracy.<\/p>\n

Donations Ongoing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone whose contributions have allowed us to get this far.\u00a0\u00a0We continue to accept tax-deductible donations toward the ongoing production, post-production, and eventual release of\u00a0Uncanny Terrain<\/i>.\u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s how<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0We remain, as ever, deeply grateful for your support.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Our Translators<\/strong><\/p>\n

We send our profound gratitude to our international team of volunteer translators, who have been invaluable to our editing process by producing English-language transcripts from hundreds of hours of Japanese-language footage.<\/p>\n

Thank you to Meg Kajino, Eugene Kobayashi, Peter\u00a0Arbaugh,\u00a0Yo\u00a0Shin, Noriko Hopkins,\u00a0Kazari\u00a0Getz Kikuchi, Hiroshi Yasuda, Alice\u00a0Tallents,\u00a0Ayaka\u00a0Maekawa, Chris Watts, Hiroko\u00a0Uenushi, Mari\u00a0Kawade, Naoki\u00a0Izumo, Priscilla Watson, Tomoko Nakano, and especially Miki Takada, who has translated 16 days worth of footage!<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re still working on a file, or I\u2019ve left your name off this list, please let me know.\u00a0\u00a0There are still many files left to translate, so if you can help, or you know someone who can, please\u00a0drop us a line<\/a>\u00a0or spread the word.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Our Previous Film<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our international psychological drama\u00a0The First Breath of Tengan Rei<\/a><\/i>\u00a0is available via download, streaming, or DVD.\u00a0\u00a0Find it\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Uncanny Terrain<\/i>\u00a0is supported in part by grants from the Illinois Arts Council and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_6649\"
Mizuho Sugeno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"asami<\/a>
The Asami family farms in Aizu in Western Fukushima.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2013 greetings from Junko Kajino and Ed M. Koziarski of Homesick Blues Productions, the filmmakers behind the ongoing documentary\u00a0<\/a>Uncanny Terrain<\/i>, about organic farmers in Fukushima, Japan fighting to hold onto their land and their livelihoods in the face of nuclear fallout.<\/p>\n

We are well into editing footage from our first two years of production.<\/p>\n

We are gearing up to return to Fukushima to capture the farmer\u2019s ongoing struggle to build a healthier, more sustainable food supply, two years after the Great Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011 and the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.<\/p>\n

Work-in-Progress Screenings<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Work-in-progress footage from\u00a0Uncanny Terrain<\/i>\u00a0will be screened in the\u00a0Urgenci\u00a05th International Community Supported Agriculture Conference<\/a>,\u00a0Tuesday, Jan. 22 at Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, and the\u00a0Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York\u2019s 31st Annual Organic Farming and Gardening Conference<\/a>, Friday, Jan. 25 at Saratoga Hilton & City Center, Saratoga Springs, New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Please check out our work at these valuable conferences if you\u2019re in the area.<\/p>\n

Update from Fukushima<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organic farmer Seiji Sugeno is fighting to keep alive his mountain village of Towa, whose economy is ravaged by the aftermath of the nuclear disaster two years ago.\u00a0\u00a0Sugeno is convinced that human contact is the key to overcoming public fears of Fukushima produce, so he travels Japan explaining Fukushima farmers\u2019 efforts to reduce radioactive contamination and sustain the land their ancestors have cultivated for generations.<\/p>\n

Sugeno\u2019s\u00a024-year-old daughter Mizuho has launched the Seed of Hope Company to welcome guests from across Japan and internationally to visit their idyllic Playing-with-Clouds Farm and experience the life their family is fighting to protect.<\/p>\n

Masami\u00a0Yoshizawa, who kept his 300 cows alive inside the nuclear evacuation zone in defiance of a government kill order, despite losing many cows to an outbreak of disease, has seen his herd grow to 350 with new births and the adoption of strays from neighboring farms.\u00a0\u00a0Possibly in retaliation for his outspoken activism and media presence,\u00a0Yoshizawa\u00a0lost his permit to enter the evacuation zone.\u00a0\u00a0The day before\u00a0Yoshizawa\u00a0and his team were set to give up and release the herd, he reversed course and set out to confront the officials who had denied his permit, and demand the right to continue caring for his cows.<\/p>\n

As new disasters turn the eyes of the world and Japan away from Fukushima,\u00a0Uncanny Terrain\u00a0<\/i>continues our journey with\u00a0Yoshizawa\u00a0and the Sugenos and the other farmers who struggle every day to find a way to live in tune with a natural environment compromised by manmade catastrophe.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Kartemquin Films\u2019 Diverse Voices in Docs<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Uncanny Terrain\u00a0<\/i>codirector\u00a0Junko Kajino has been invited to join Diverse Voices in Docs, a new program of pioneering Chicago documentary producers\u00a0Kartemquin Films<\/a>\u00a0(Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters<\/i>) and the Community Film Workshop of Chicago, designed to develop talent among Chicago\u2019s minority nonfiction filmmakers.\u00a0\u00a0Diverse Voices in Docs is supported by the Joyce Foundation, The Academy\u00a0for Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and Kat Lei Productions.<\/p>\n

New Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u00a0have launched two new documentary projects. \u00a0One project<\/a>\u00a0follows two very different high school rap groups in Chicago’s West Side Austin neighborhood.<\/p>\n

The other project explores one Chicagoan’s efforts to replace Syria’s embattled Assad regime with a fledgling democracy.<\/p>\n

Donations Ongoing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone whose contributions have allowed us to get this far.\u00a0\u00a0We continue to accept tax-deductible donations toward the ongoing production, post-production, and eventual release of\u00a0Uncanny Terrain<\/i>.\u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s how<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0We remain, as ever, deeply grateful for your support.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Our Translators<\/strong><\/p>\n

We send our profound gratitude to our international team of volunteer translators, who have been invaluable to our editing process by producing English-language transcripts from hundreds of hours of Japanese-language footage.<\/p>\n

Thank you to Meg Kajino, Eugene Kobayashi, Peter\u00a0Arbaugh,\u00a0Yo\u00a0Shin, Noriko Hopkins,\u00a0Kazari\u00a0Getz Kikuchi, Hiroshi Yasuda, Alice\u00a0Tallents,\u00a0Ayaka\u00a0Maekawa, Chris Watts, Hiroko\u00a0Uenushi, Mari\u00a0Kawade, Naoki\u00a0Izumo, Priscilla Watson, Tomoko Nakano, and especially Miki Takada, who has translated 16 days worth of footage!<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re still working on a file, or I\u2019ve left your name off this list, please let me know.\u00a0\u00a0There are still many files left to translate, so if you can help, or you know someone who can, please\u00a0drop us a line<\/a>\u00a0or spread the word.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Our Previous Film<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our international psychological drama\u00a0The First Breath of Tengan Rei<\/a><\/i>\u00a0is available via download, streaming, or DVD.\u00a0\u00a0Find it\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Uncanny Terrain<\/i>\u00a0is supported in part by grants from the Illinois Arts Council and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.<\/p>\n

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