[BES Friends] This Friday: Ironweed Film Club

[Emil Volcheck]

Dear friends,

Please join us this Friday, April 10, at 7:30 pm
for the Second Friday Ironweed Film Club at BES.

We are screening

                 "The Cats of Mirikitani".

About the film:

Lost in painful memories, eighty-year-old Japanese American artist
Jimmy Mirikitani lived on the streets of Manhattan, resisting any
human connection or assistance and obsessively pursuing his art.
Among his lovely, lyrical drawings of cats could be found darker,
angrier images that revealed a troubled past.  In early 2001 film
artist Linda Hattendorf noticed Jimmy and his work, and slowly a
tentative friendship emerged that would change both of their lives.
When 9/11 engulfed Soho in toxic smoke, Hattendorf took Jimmy in to
live with her, and an extraordinary journey began which gradually gave
the artist the courage to confront his past in the World War II
internment camps and embrace a new life.  This is a story of
remarkable compassion, courage and transformation that unveils the
wounds of war at the same time it celebrates the power of human
connection and healing.  Winning over 20 Festival awards, including
Tribeca, this jewel of a film is storytelling at its very best.

Discussion to follow the film.

For more information about the film, visit

    http://www.ironweedfilms.com/films/the-cats-of-mirikitani  .

(Note: the BESpeak newsletter lists the date as 4/17.  This is incorrect.)

Best wishes,

--Emil



-- 
Emil Volcheck
volcheck at acm.org
http://EmilVolcheck.com/