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NCMA Film Club
NCMA Film Club: Takeda
Friday, January 15, 2021 | 7:00 pm
If you enjoy watching and talking about films, join us for a meeting of the virtual NCMA Film Club! Watch the film at your convenience, and then join a Zoom discussion. This month’s selection is the Mexican documentary film Takeda, about Japanese painter Shinzaburo Takeda. Our special guest moderator for the discussion is Alex Piñeres, co-founder of the Cine Casual Film Series. The Cine Casual Film Series, founded by Giovanna Torres and Alex Piñeres, is a recent initiative screening award-winning Latin American films in Charlotte, N.C. They are the team behind cinecasual.com, an outlet dedicated to Ibero-American cinema, started in 2016.
Takeda
(2017) Directed by Yaasib Vázquez Colmenares. 95 min. Mexico. NR.
Takeda is a film about the universality of human existence seen through the eyes of a Japanese painter who has adopted Mexican culture. Shinzaburo Takeda’s mission is to rescue the identity, honor, and tradition of ancient Japan through the Mexican muralist movement. On this journey he became enveloped in Mexico and its traditions, which evoke his past.
Takeda leads us through Mexico to connect with the nostalgia of a world full of rituals nearly extinct. Shinzaburo Takeda teaches us much more than technique; he teaches us to reconcile and discover the language of art to express and reflect upon our human condition.
How to watch the film
The private link to watch the film will be included in the registration confirmation email along with the Zoom link to join the discussion. If you would like to watch the film on a bigger screen, you can connect your laptop to the TV using an HDMI cable, or you can cast the video using Chromecast, Apple TV, or Roku. Instructions on how to do that are here.
If you do not receive a confirmation email or for additional questions on the content of this program, email Maria Lopez, manager of film and lecture programs.
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NCMA Film Club
If you enjoy talking about films, join us at 7 pm on the third Friday of the month for our free virtual NCMA Film Club! Watch a selected film at your convenience and then join a discussion with a special guest.
EVENTS IN THIS SERIES:
- NCMA Film Club: Flower Punk - Friday, June 11 | 7 PM
- NCMA Film Club: Through a Lens Darkly - Friday, May 21 | 7 PM
- NCMA Film Club: Fragile and Ballet After Dark - Friday, April 16 | 7 PM
- NCMA Film Club: !Women Art Revolution (Sold Out) - Friday, March 19 | 7 PM
- NCMA Film Club: A Tuba to Cuba (Sold Out) - Friday, February 19 | 7 PM
- NCMA Film Club: Takeda - Friday, January 15 | 7 PM
- NCMA Film Club: Museo / Museum (Sold Out) - Friday, December 18 | 7 PM
- NCMA Film Club: Steamboat Bill Jr. - Friday, October 16 | 7 PM
- NCMA Film Club: Style Wars - Friday, September 18 | 7 PM
- NCMA Film Club: Hoop Dreams - Friday, August 14 | 7 PM
