Our Man in Tokyo (The Ballad of Shin Miyata) (Estados Unidos)

Presentada en la 1 edición del festival.

Categoría: Cortometraje Documental
Duración: 0:19:00.
Director: Akira Boch.



Sinopsis:

Documental sobre las luchas y las obsesiones de Shin Miyata, propietario de un sello discográfico con sede en Tokio, promotor de música y embajador cultural que ha estado distribuyendo música chicana y trayendo bandas de East Los Angeles a Japón por casi 20 años. La película explora la conexión personal de Miyata con East LA, y los desafíos de la introducción de representaciones auténticas y diversas de la cultura chicana a Japón.

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Our Man in Tokyo is a short documentary about the struggles and obsessions of Shin Miyata, a Tokyo-based record label owner, music promoter, and cultural ambassador who has been distributing Chicano music and bringing East Los Angeles bands to Japan for nearly 20 years. The film explores Miyata's personal connection to East LA, and the challenges of introducing authentic and diverse representations of Chicano culture to Japan. With an artist roster that includes Grammy winner Quetzal, Chicano Batman, and dozens of others, Miyata has devoted his life to forging relationships between the seemingly disparate communities in which he works, using the power of music to bring people together.