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In the Shadow of the Pines (S)

Original title: In the Shadow of the Pines
Year: 2020
Country: Canada
Director: Anne Koizumi
Cast: Animation, Documentary
Cinematography: Animation
Producer: Distributor: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Genre: Animation. Documentary | Short Film (Animated)
Synopsis: Anne Koizumi explores the childhood shame she felt about her Japanese immigrant father, who worked as a janitor at her school, through stop-motion animation and archival footage. She focuses on the difficult father-daughter relationship questions ideas of shame around being othered as an immigrant in North America and how life-defining experiences can inhibit us from claiming and owning our identities.

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In the Shadow of the Pines (S)

2020

Anne Koizumi