SDFF 2025

Screening Block: Rewriting Colonization

Expired April 10, 2025 7:00 AM
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4 films in package
Window Treatment
The long-standing American military occupation of Okinawa is poetically explored in this essay film about an elderly man receiving new windows.
Under the Hat: The Complicated History of the Pith Helmet
What shielded some from the sun, still shades the hearts of millions: the dark history of the pith helmet.
The Queen's Flowers
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
When a filmmaker of Palestinian descent based in Scotland unearths a rarely seen film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage.
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The American military has occupied the Japanese island of Okinawa since the end of World War II. The toll this occupation has taken on the citizens of Okinawa is both ingrained and misunderstood. Window Treatment is a documentary that blurs the line between personal, historical, and propaganda filmmaking by exploring life for an Okinawan family living near a military base.


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  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    11 minutes
  • Language
    Japanese
  • Country
    Japan, United States
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    Naomi Uechi & Thomas Southerland
  • Producer
    Naomi Uechi & Thomas Southerland
  • Filmmaker
    Naomi Uechi & Thomas Southerland
  • Editor
    Naomi Uechi & Thomas Southerland
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