Film
Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life
2021 · 1h 32m · Documentary
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Overview
At once tranquil and bracing, Tu Neill and Jim Speers’ film is a portrait of a seaside town and its vanishing way of life. Though it is now slowly emptying, Ayukawa was once a thriving coastal community, its success based on a practice rooted in tradition, custom, and ceremony: whaling. Through the voices of local elders, the film conveys how that form of hunting developed into the lifeblood of the town before cultural changes, international condemnation, and strict regulation brought it to the brink of non-existence.
Crew
- Jim SpeersProducer · Director of Photography · Director · Writer
- Tu NeillWriter · Producer · Director · Director of Photography
- Kentarô YamadaProducer · Writer
- Sue ThompsonExecutive Producer
- Adrian GreyExecutive Producer
- Kath Akuhata-BrownExecutive Producer
- Finn AndrewsOriginal Music Composer
- Jenna BowdenEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 3, 2021
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Documentary
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