30 years ago, a young elite japanese engineer was facinated with people and landscape in iraq. he took lots of pictures by his own german leica. selected dozens of them will show you for a month at cafe in kyoto.
date: Oct 8 - Nov 5 2009 place: minna-no-cafe chihiroba (2 min. from keihan line "fujimori" station by walk) http://cafe-lil-donkey.blogspot.com/ open time: mon-fri 9:00-17:00 sat 10:00-17:00 closed: sun and national holiday (but, it will be opened at oct 11, 25, nov 3) fee : free (related events will charge each person for one order or 1 coin)
the cafe is very nice, atmospheric, barrier-free and provides good coffee, sweets and lunch. 1 blended organic coffee = 380 yen
------------------------------------------------------- Presented by imagine iraq planning committee http://imagineiraq.seesaa.net/?1252686320 imagine_iraq@yahoo.co.jp / 090-2044-4544(mizuno) Special Support by yoshihara shigeru, kyousuke aizawa In Cooperation with peace on (npo) http://www.npopeaceon.org/ -------------------------------------------------------
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all events will take place at minna-no-cafe chihiroba. events are basicaly for japanese-speakers with the exception that #5 movie : documentaly film - "in the shadow of the palms". http://www.intheshadowofthepalms.com/
#1 reading : winter soldier
it will be based on recently published translated book "winter soldier" from iwanami publishing company. winter soldier is the event presented by ivaw(iraq veterans against the war) took place at near d.c. in us in march 2008 of 5th anniversary of iraq war . many ex-soldieres and iraqi civilian there (or recorded before) spoke about facts of controversial iraq and afgan war. http://www.iwanami.co.jp/moreinfo/0246510/top.html http://www.tup-bulletin.org/
date : oct 10(sat) 14:00〜16:00 fee : one order * mini-jazz live from 16:30, performed by professional singer hideya http://ameblo.jp/hideyaiida/
In Cooperation with TUP, winter soldier-kyoto project -------------------------------------------------------
#2 lecture meeting : telling about my story of iraq
he used to be young, now over 60 years old, semi-pro photographer, living in kurohime nagano pref, Shigeru Yoshihara will talk about his photos, memories and maybe recently policy of japan to iraq.
date : oct 11(sun) 15:00〜17:00 fee : one order -------------------------------------------------------
#3 movie : documentary film - winter soldier
it was directed by japanese jornalist, first distributed in 2008. he filmed the event and interviewed ex-soldiers at event of winter soldier. http://wintersoldier.web.fc2.com/
date : oct 17(sat) open 14:00 (14:30-16:00) fee : one order * mini-jazz live from 16:30, performed by professional singer hideya http://ameblo.jp/hideyaiida/
In Cooperation with TUP, winter soldier-kyoto project -------------------------------------------------------
#4 lecture meeting : green, water and living in iraq
dai yamao is a specialist in iraqi sociaty at grad school of kyoto univ will speak about then and now of mesopotamian marsh, food and dairy life in iraq.
date : oct 25(sun) 14:00-16:00 fee : one order -------------------------------------------------------
#5 movie : documentaly film - in the shadow of the palms
the real story behind propaganda of march 2003 of the attack to iraq by bush administration, award winning of documentaly film festival in the world included sundance and yamagata film fes, the film made by australian director who went and stayed in bagdad then. http://www.intheshadowofthepalms.com/ http://www.cinematrix.jp/dds/2006/08/post_15.html
date : oct 31(sat), nob 3(tue/national holiday) open 14:00(14:30〜16:00) fee : 500yen