Megumi Sasaki

Entering the political fray of environmentalism versus tradition raging a round the issue of dolphin hunting in Taiji, Japan since the 2009 release of The Cove, Megumi Sasaki’s documentary is the finely balanced film essay the frayed topic has been waiting for. Instead of propping up images of animal slaughter or beleaguered fishermen, A Whale of a Tale focuses on points of contact and communication between the two sides, foreign activists devoting years to the cause and agricultural workers who have developed a first-name familiarity. Sasaki (Herb & Dorothy) collaborates with journalist Jay Alabaster to examine the historical and material conditions that contributed to local whaling practice and the pressures of globalism and localism that keeps this issue in ideological deadlock—at least for now. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

A female university graduate is searching for a job in Tokyo, but her lack of interviewing skills is failing her. A friend introduces her to a cabaret club in Roppongi, Tokyo called Club Honey. She undergoes a work trial there. There are many women working there and many have personal problems and challenges. The girl begins working there and finds out the job is not exactly as she had first imagined. She then receives a letter from a company at which she had interviewed.

A female university graduate is searching for a job in Tokyo, but her lack of interviewing skills is failing her. A friend introduces her to a cabaret club in Roppongi, Tokyo called Club Honey. She undergoes a work trial there. There are many women working there and many have personal problems and challenges. The girl begins working there and finds out the job is not exactly as she had first imagined. She then receives a letter from a company at which she had interviewed.

A follow up to award winning documentary 'Herb & Dorothy', the film captures the ordinary couple's extraordinary gift of art to the nation as they close the door on their life as collectors. When Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a retired postal clerk and librarian, began collecting works of contemporary art in the 1960s, they never imagined it would outgrow their one bedroom Manhattan apartment and spread throughout America. 50 years later, the collection is nearly 5,000 pieces and worth millions. Refusing to sell, the couple launches an unprecedented gift project giving artworks to one museum in all 50 states. The film journeys around the country with the Vogels, meeting artists who are famous or unknown, often controversial, striking today's society with questions about art and its survival.

A follow up to award winning documentary 'Herb & Dorothy', the film captures the ordinary couple's extraordinary gift of art to the nation as they close the door on their life as collectors. When Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a retired postal clerk and librarian, began collecting works of contemporary art in the 1960s, they never imagined it would outgrow their one bedroom Manhattan apartment and spread throughout America. 50 years later, the collection is nearly 5,000 pieces and worth millions. Refusing to sell, the couple launches an unprecedented gift project giving artworks to one museum in all 50 states. The film journeys around the country with the Vogels, meeting artists who are famous or unknown, often controversial, striking today's society with questions about art and its survival.

ハーブ＆ドロシー夫婦は、ニューヨークの現代アート界きっての有名コレクター。彼らは30年以上にわたり日々ギャラリーやアーティストらを訪ね歩き、少しずつお気に入りの作品を買い集めてきた。今では20世紀を代表するアーティストに成長した画家による名作も数多くあったが、彼らの1LDKのアパートはすでに収納の限界を超えていた。

ハーブ＆ドロシー夫婦は、ニューヨークの現代アート界きっての有名コレクター。彼らは30年以上にわたり日々ギャラリーやアーティストらを訪ね歩き、少しずつお気に入りの作品を買い集めてきた。今では20世紀を代表するアーティストに成長した画家による名作も数多くあったが、彼らの1LDKのアパートはすでに収納の限界を超えていた。