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SUMMARY: Lecture Series - Japanese Film\: 1897 to Today
LOCATION:Bahen Centre For Information Technology
URL:http://www.blogto.com/events/64325
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Starting on February 5th and continuing for seven consecutive Tuesday eveni=
ngs Shinsedai Cinema Festival co-founder and Festival Director Chris MaGee =
will be giving a series of 2-hour lectures on the University of Toronto cam=
pus which will trace the history of Japanese film.=20

Starting from the very beginnings of motion pictures in Japan to the most r=
ecent film innovations Japanese Film: 1897 to Today is an exciting and invo=
lving look at the key films and major cinematic movements in the context of=
 the past century of Japanese history.

Enrollment for this don't miss opportunity will be open shortly, and space =
is limited so act quickly to secure your spot for the lectures of your choi=
ce, or all seven lectures at a special discount. *Please note that these le=
ctures are non-credit and strictly for personal interest.


JAPANESE FILM: 1897 TO TODAY
A special 7-week lecture series=20

February 5th and March 19th, Tuesday evenings, 7:00PM to 9:00PM=20

Bahen Centre, Room B025, 40 St. George Street=20
(behind the University of Toronto Bookstore)

$12 per lecture ($9 for students & seniors)
or all seven lectures for $75 ($56 for students and seniors) =20
  =20

February 5th - The Beginnings & The Silent Era: 1897 to the 1920=E2=80=99s

February 12th - Talkies, Early Masters & WW2: The 1930=E2=80=99s & 40=E2=80=
=99s

February 19th - Rashomon & The Golden Age: The 1950's

February 26th - Slashing Swords, Giant Monsters & The New Wave: The 1960's=
=20

March 5th - Revolutionary Visions & The Anime Boom: The 1970's & 80's =20

March 12th - Thugs, Ghost Girls and the Lost Decade: The 1990's  =20

March 19th - Millennium Dreams and Japan Post-3/11: 2000 to Today


Chris MaGee/ Shinsedai Cinema Festival Director: Chris MaGee has spent the =
better part of the past decade writing about, programming and promoting Jap=
anese film locally in Toronto, as well as across Canada and in Europe. Chri=
s is the founder and editor of The J-Film Pow-Wow, the premiere Japanese fi=
lm blog in Canada, plus he has guest curated programmes and moderated lectu=
res at The CanAsian International Dance Festival, Vancouver=E2=80=99s Pacif=
ic Cinematheque, and at the Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival in Fra=
nkfurt am Main, Germany (where he also served on the 2012 Nippon Visions Ju=
ry). He has also edited, World Film Locations: Tokyo, published in December=
 of 2011 by Intellect Books.
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