Film

The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi, and 27 Years Without Images

6.6

1h 6m

2011

Synopsis

A film on exile, revolution, landscapes and memory, Anabasis brings forth the remarkable parallel stories of Adachi and May, one a filmmaker who gave up images, the other a young woman whose identity-less existence forbade keeping images of her own life. Fittingly returning the image to their lives, director Eric Baudelaire places Adachi and May’s revelatory voiceover reminiscences against warm, fragile Super-8mm footage of their split milieus, Tokyo and Beirut. Grounding their wide-ranging reflections in a solid yet complex reality, Anabasis provides a richly rewarding look at a fascinating, now nearly forgotten era (in politics and cinema), reminding us of film’s own ability to portray—and influence—its landscape.

Director

Eric Baudelaire

Documentary

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Cast & Crew

Mei Shigenobu

as Herself

Masao Adachi

as Himself

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