AsiaLENS: AEMS Documentary Film and Discussion Series at the Spurlock 2014–2015: Hafu: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan

• Event Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2014
• Time: 7:00 pm (CDT)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Film

Hafu: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan
(2013) Unrated, 87 minutes.

Hafu – the Mixed-Race Experience in Japan is a journey of discovery into the complex multicultural experience of mixed-race Japanese in modern day Japan. The film follows the lives of five Hafus – the Japanese term for people who are half Japanese – as they explore what it means to be multiracial and multicultural in a nation that once proudly proclaimed itself to be mono-ethnic. For some of these Hafus, Japan is the only home they know. For others, living in Japan is an entirely new experience. And still others find themselves caught between two different worlds.

Visit the film's official website to read more about the film. http://hafufilm.com/ (external link)

This series of public film screenings and lecture/discussion programs is organized by the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) at the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies. It is planned in collaboration with the Spurlock Museum and presented in the Knight Auditorium. Guest scholars and members of the campus and local communities will introduce the films and lead post-screening audience discussions.

September 9, October 14, and November 11. All screenings begin at 7:00 PM.