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February 9, 2025

Migration to Japan in documentary filmmaking @LMU Munich

From: König, Anne-Sophie <an.koenig@lmu.de>  
Date: 2025/01/29

Dear members of the SSJ-Forum,

Please join us for our double-feature film-screening event Migration to Japan in documentary filmmaking (Forschungskolloquium) with Dr. Megha Wadhwa, director, migration expert, and research associate at FU Berlin on 6th and 7th of February.

The screening of the two documentaries Watashitachiwa Ningen da! by Ko Chanyu and Finding their Niche - Unheard Stories of Migrant Women by Dr. Megha Wadhwa is framed by an introduction by Dr. Wadhwa on blue-collar migration to Japan and ethnographic filmmaking and a Q&A.

For more information, please klick on the respective link.

Thursday, 06.02.2025 18.00 - 21.00 Uhr (CEST) Migration to Japan in documentary filmmaking - Screening I
"Watashitachiwa Ningen da! ワタシタチハニンゲンダ!"
(We are Human!)" (2022) by Ko Chanyu, Introduction and Q&A with Dr. Megha Wadhwa
Location: Japan-Zentrum, Oettingenstraße 67, D-80538 Munich, Room B001

Friday, 07.02.2025 18.00 - 20.30 Uhr (CEST) Migration to Japan in documentary filmmaking - Screening II
"Finding their Niche - Unheard Stories of Migrant Women"
(2022) by Dr. Megha Wadhwa, Introduction and Q&A with the director
Location: Japan-Zentrum, Oettingenstraße 67, D-80538 Munich, Room B001

Language: English/ Japanese with English subtitle

We are looking forward to seeing you!

-- Anne-Sophie König, M.A. ケーニク・アンソフィー (she/her/hers) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Seminargebäude am Englischen Garten Japan-Zentrum Oettingenstr. 67 D-80538 München Tel: +49 (0) 89/2180-9219 Fax: +49 (0) 89/2180 9827

Approved by ssjmod at 03:22 PM