Director: Liao Jiekai, Sudhee Liao
Country: Singapore, Taiwan, Japan
Year: 2023
Through dance, documentary, and narrative, Faraway My Shadow Wandered tells the story of Junya, a young man who vowed to his late grandfather that he would take over his family’s Shinto shrine. When Junya meets a foreign dancer, the two new friends travel back to his hometown on Japan’s Noto Peninsula to reckon with a promise he has yet to keep.
This film will be available to stream until 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, April 28, 2023.
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