BONI: THE WELCOMING FIRE
BONI: the welcoming fire ぼに〜迎火
dir. Masaki Hosokawa, 2020
75 mins. Japan.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 - 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 - 5 PM
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 - 10 PM
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 - 7:30 PM
Shot on location in 2020 and long overdue for a stateside release, Masaki Hosokawa's BONI: the welcoming fire is a hybrid feature that blends allegory and documentary. An ethno-fiction emerges from focal points of traditional song and dance as part of Tokushima, Japan’s annual Bon festival— when beloved spirits return once a year. The film is a story of blissful reunion and memory unaware.
BONI: the welcoming fire ぼに〜迎火
dir. Masaki Hosokawa, 2020
75 mins. Japan.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 - 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 - 5 PM
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 - 10 PM
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 - 7:30 PM
Shot on location in 2020 and long overdue for a stateside release, Masaki Hosokawa's BONI: the welcoming fire is a hybrid feature that blends allegory and documentary. An ethno-fiction emerges from focal points of traditional song and dance as part of Tokushima, Japan’s annual Bon festival— when beloved spirits return once a year. The film is a story of blissful reunion and memory unaware.
