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October 26, 2022
FILM SHOWING: Migrant women in Japan, in person at Sophia U., Nov. 12th
From: David H. Slater <dhslater@gmail.com>
Date: 2022/10/21
The Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture
Invites you to a special event...
FILM SCREENING - "Finding their Niche: Unheard stories of migrant women" will have its first screening in Japan on 12th November 2022 (15:30 - 17:30), Sophia University Yotsuya campus!
You can watch the TRAILER here : https://vimeo.com/743482060
An hour-long film documents the life of two Indian women migrants who moved to Japan more than a decade ago as trailing spouses. The women were excited to move to a foreign country and to be with their husbands, but they had no prior knowledge of Japan. Having witnessed at a distance the lives of their relatives settled in the US, UK, and Canada, they had similar expectations for their own future lives in Japan. But the reality was to prove different from the expectation. In place of comfort, luxury, love, and fun, loneliness and ear took over. Through personal narratives told by the women, we examine past, present and future expectations and see how these affect their roles as Indian women, wives, mothers, and workers in a foreign country, as well as the challenges they faced in 'Finding their Niche'.
Details of the event -
12th November 2022
15:30 - 17:30
(HOUR LONG FILM FOLLOWED BY MINS Q&A)
Venue: Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8554, BUILDING 2, ROOM NO. 309
Please RSVP - https://forms.office.com/r/
For further details -https://www.icc-sophia.com/
You can watch the TRAILER here : https://vimeo.com/743482060
An hour-long film documents the life of two Indian women migrants who moved to Japan more than a decade ago as trailing spouses. The women were excited to move to a foreign country and to be with their husbands, but they had no prior knowledge of Japan. Having witnessed at a distance the lives of their relatives settled in the US, UK, and Canada, they had similar expectations for their own future lives in Japan. But the reality was to prove different from the expectation. In place of comfort, luxury, love, and fun, loneliness and ear took over. Through personal narratives told by the women, we examine past, present and future expectations and see how these affect their roles as Indian women, wives, mothers, and workers in a foreign country, as well as the challenges they faced in 'Finding their Niche'.
Details of the event -
12th November 2022
15:30 - 17:30
(HOUR LONG FILM FOLLOWED BY MINS Q&A)
Venue: Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8554, BUILDING 2, ROOM NO. 309
Please RSVP - https://forms.office.com/r/
For further details -https://www.icc-sophia.com/
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture
7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554
Tel：+81-(0)3‐3238‐4082
Fax：+81-(0)3‐3238‐4081
Web：https://www.icc-sophia.
--7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554
Tel：+81-(0)3‐3238‐4082
Fax：+81-(0)3‐3238‐4081
Web：https://www.icc-sophia.
David H. Slater, Ph.D.
Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Graduate Program in Japanese Studies
Sophia University, Tokyo
Sophia University, Tokyo
Approved by ssjmod at 09:34 PM