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ACA Film Project: The Zen Diary, A Philosophical Taste Of Life Through The Seasons
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ACA Film Project: The Zen Diary, A Philosophical Taste Of Life Through The Seasons

Nothing beats eating with a person you like. This feeling is conveyed by Yûji Nakae in his The Zen Diary, part of the ACA Cinema Project Series. The filmmaker from Okinawa adapts for the silver screen the 1978 nonfiction book by the late author Tsutomu Mizukami. The picture is a gastronomically spiritual journey through the…

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ACA Film Project: Small Slow But Steady, Pugilism Serves As A Tool For Diversity Empowerment
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ACA Film Project: Small Slow But Steady, Pugilism Serves As A Tool For Diversity Empowerment

Films about female boxing have been on the rise, from Hollywood’s most famous Million Dollar Baby, to Bollywood’s Mary Kom. Even Netflix has covered the topic with docuseries such as Untold: Deal with the Devil. Now comes the turn of Japan with Small, Slow but Steady (Keiko, me wo sumasete).  The film directed by Shô…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
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