From Brazil to Japan
Director Aaron Litvin, Ana Paula Hirano Litvin
Countries
Duration 104 min
Synopsis
"From Brazil to Japan" is a transnational film project that documents the personal trajectories of Brazilian migrants on both sides of the Pacific. Since 1990 more than 300,000 Brazilians have gone to Japan to work, forming a wave of migration that has had a profound social and economic impact on both countries. This feature documentary accompanies five different families of Brazilian migrants over the course of three years, from their preparation for departure in Brazil to their adaptation to life and work in Japan. The migrants, in expressing their hopes and experiences, provide their own narrative. The film puts a personal face on a major social phenomenon. The documentary was filmed from May 2006 to May 2009.
"From Brazil to Japan" is a transnational film project that documents the personal trajectories of Brazilian migrants on both sides of the Pacific. Since 1990 more than 300,000 Brazilians have gone to Japan to work, forming a wave of migration that has had a profound social and economic impact on both countries. This feature documentary accompanies five different families of Brazilian migrants over the course of three years, from their preparation for departure in Brazil to their adaptation to life and work in Japan. The migrants, in expressing their hopes and experiences, provide their own narrative. The film puts a personal face on a major social phenomenon. The documentary was filmed from May 2006 to May 2009.