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don't kill US twice:

Close To The Bone + Performance
Katsuya Okuma, Japan, France 2024, 115 Min., Japanese with English subtitles

The open air screening will begin with a traditional Okinawan music and dance performance by Riko Sugama, Victor Kinjo, Ayaka Nakazato, Rita Sugama, Takumi Hosokawa.

17:00: Screening in the cinema hall, walk-in anytime: ナナムイ (Nanamui Series)

19:00: Screening: 「しまくとぅばで語る戦世」(Voices of the War Era in Shimakutuba).
Followed by a talk with Toyomitsu Higa and Thaís Omine.

21:00: Traditional Okinawan music and dance performance + Open air screening: Close To The Bone

Katsuya Okuma's Close to the Bone follows Takashi Gushiken, an activist who has spent more than four decades recovering the remains of those killed during the Battle of Okinawa. As human remains continue to be unearthed from sites now threatened by military construction, the film asks what it means to mourn, remember, and refuse erasure.

Riko Sugama is a Berlin-based Ryukyuan dancer, singer, and sanshin performer from Okinawa, Japan. Born into a traditional Ryukyuan dance dojo and trained from early childhood, she developed a practice grounded in inherited tradition while continually exploring new creative possibilities.

Victor Kinjo is an Okinawan-Brazilian singer-songwriter and researcher based in São Paulo. He holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Campinas, where he researched Japanese literature, Okinawan representation, (dis)identification, and performance.

Ayaka Nakazato is a Ryukyuan dancer from Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan. She began training in Ryukyuan dance at the age of six under Keiko Miyagi and later graduated from Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, specializing in Ryukyuan performing arts.

Rita Sugama is a Ryukyuan dancer from Okinawa, Japan. She has studied Ryukyuan dance since 1994, developing a precise and refined performance style, particularly in onna-odori (female dance repertoire).

Takumi Hosokawa is a singer and sanshin musician from Naha, Okinawa, Japan. He began studying Ryukyuan classical music at the age of fourteen and later trained at Haebaru High School and Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, specializing in Ryukyuan performance traditions.

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