「売買ボーイズ」日本初上映は昨日でした。Tokyo AIDS Week のイベントの一企画として参加できることがとても嬉しいです。詳しくはこちら。
Yesterday's screening of "Boys for Sale" (WEBSITE), the first public showing in Japan, was amazing. Taking place in Nakano during the Tokyo AIDS Week event (INFO), 30 minutes before the screening, the queue was already out the door of the venue with more than 200 people waiting in line. The problem was that only 150 people would be allowed in...
Even after the seats were filled, dozens of people were admitted into the venue to watch standing from the sides and back of the room, so we were clearly well over capacity. Still, more than 60 people unfortunately had to be turned away. Apologizing to them in the lobby of the venue, I promised that we are working to secure additional screenings in Tokyo, including a theatrical release.
上映に200名以上の方がご来場下さいましたが、法律の関係により150名までの入場になってしまいました。入れなかった皆さん、本当にすみません！また東京やいろんな所で上映出来るように頑張ります！応援して下さりありがとうございます！これからもよろしくお願いします！
Following the screening, I was honoured to take part in the panel as the executive producer of the film in a discussion led by Community Center akta's Iwahashi-san (WEBSITE), who also appears in the documentary, along with protagonist Ko, a former urisen (male sex worker).
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After the panel discussion, it was wonderful to greet some of the guests who had attended the screening, including a couple of friends with whom I went graduate school in the UK 14 years ago (!) and who surprised me by coming.
There were also several groups of sex workers from other parts of Asia who were in Tokyo to attend the Tokyo AIDS Week events. Two guests from Korea approached me to say how much the film had meant to them and asked if they could screen it at a film festival they are organizing to help raise awareness of issues affecting sex workers. Making connections like this and knowing that the films we make can be used for awareness and education provides such a sense of purpose and serves as motivation to keep making films that may not be commercially successful but for which we receive the humbling knowledge they have the potential to touch people around the world.
Thank you all so very much for your support and encouragement.
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