Chiri (Trace). 2012. Directed by Naomi Kawase Amami. 2015. Directed by Naomi Kawase

Film

Chiri (Trace). 2012. Japan. Directed by Naomi Kawase. Courtesy of Kumie Inc.

Chiri (Trace). 2012. Japan. Directed by Naomi Kawase. In Japanese; English subtitles. 45 min.

This intimate portrait of Kawase’s foster mother at the end of her life is a loving tribute to the woman who raised her since infancy, and the final documentary in a series of self-explorations that began with Embracing.

Amami. 2015. South Korea/Japan. Directed by Naomi Kawase. In Japanese; English subtitles. 46 min.

Kawase vists her ancestral home, on the Amami Oshima Island in Southern Japan, with her four-year-old son. There they meet relatives, talk with islanders, eat traditional goat soup, and observe a total eclipse of the sun, activities that slowly free Kawase from the loss of not having known her parents.

This film accompanies Naomi Kawase.

Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 4:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Mon, Jul 4, 2016, 4:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

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