Join us for a conversation with Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda, who comes to us live from Japan to talk about his film “Inland Sea,” and other recent work. Mr. Soda, a former director for NHK television, is known for his observational films on contemporary Japanese political and cultural life. “Inland Sea” was hailed by Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho as “calmly stunning, quietly heartbreaking.”
Disscusant: Prof. Thomas Looser
About Kazuhiro Soda: Kazuhiro Soda is a Peabody Award winning filmmaker. He's also a recipient of the Marek Nowicki lifetime achievement prize awarded by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. He practices an observational method of documentary filmmaking based on his own "Ten Commandments" which prohibits him from doing pre-shoot research or writing a synopsis before filming. He imposes these rules on himself in order to minimize preconceptions and to be able to make unexpected discoveries while filming and editing. He is also the author of seven books published in Japan. He taught at the University of Michigan as a visiting professor from 2016 till 2017.
