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WisdomGoneWild POV Trailer
Overview
- Genre
- Human Interest, Arts, Minorities, Biography, and Cultural History
- Synopsis
A vibrant tender cine-poem, a filmmaker collaborates with her Nisei mother as they confront the painful curious reality of wisdom ‘gone wild’ in the shadows of dementia. Made over 16 years, the film blends humor and sadness in an encounter between mother and daughter that blooms into an affectionate portrait of love, care, and a relationship transformed.
- Treatment
- Show treatment
- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 84 and 70 minutes
Credits
- rea tajiri ... Director, Producer, Writer
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- Ghostpictures LLC
- Country
- United States
- Years of Production
- 2014-2022
- Locations
- Los Angeles, New York
- Prod. Partners
- Sian Evans, Farthest Films; Center for Asian American Media, Independence Public Media Fund, ITVS
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2022
- Festivals
- Blackstar, SanDiegoAsian, DocNYC, IDFA (International Competition), Philadelphia Asian, DisOrient, Seattle Asian, Berwick Film and Media Fest, Austin Asian, New York Asian American, Freep Film Festival, FAAIM
- Awards
- Jury Honorable Mention Best Doc; Audience Award @ Blackstar; Grand Prix @ San Diego Asian; International Competition @IDFA, Jury Award Best Doc Feature; Audience Award @ Philadelphia Asian; New Cinema Award, Berwick Film and Media; Jury Award Honorable Au
- Distribution
- Good Docs, Educational
- Broadcast (Prod.)
- ITVS, POV
- Broadcast (Acq.)
- POV, Season 36
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- SDH
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