Japanese Documentary Film Screening

In collaboration with NHK WORLD-JAPAN, Embassy of Japan in the UAE brings you the following documentaries

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Design to Inspire a Generation: What Kashiwa Sato Sees Ahead

Art is trash without social impact

The Secret Passion of Steve Jobs

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Creative designer Kashiwa Sato has created countless memorable icons and design. Since 2018 he's been giving special lectures at Arita technical high school. Explore Sato's approach to design.

Artist Tomokazu Matsuyama acquired a following since moving to the U.S. in his 20's. 2020 was intended to bring a triumphant return to Japan, until his plans were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Apple founder Steve Jobs had a love of shin-hanga, Japanese woodblock prints. Here, experts and old friends look at how this beautiful collection may have informed his own aesthetic sensibility.

 Water, Not Weapons: The Greening of Afghanistan

 Hearing the Voice of Nakamura Tetsu

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When a historic drought began in Afghanistan in 2000, Japanese physician, Tetsu Nakamura shed his white coat and set out to build an irrigation canal. This program follows his unrelenting effort.

For decades before he was killed in 2019, Dr. Nakamura Tetsu devoted his life to aiding the Afghan people. Young Japanese who assisted his efforts reflect on how that experience changed their lives.