Week 14 in Review: Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Shadow, Ramen Heads

This week we talk with special guests about the films streaming from 1-4 April at International Cinema: Shadow (01:10), a highly stylized Mandarin language marial arts or wuxia film from 2019 by director Zhang Yimou. Discussion with Dewey Walter (grad student Comparative Studies); Hunt for the Wilderpeople (10:26), an English Language 2016 comedy set in the New Zealand bush by Taika Waititi. Discussion with Marie-Laure Oscarson (IC Assistant Director); And finally, Ramen Heads (19:47) a Japanese language documentary by director Shigeno Koki about the cultural and historical significance of ramen. Discussion with Prof. Scott Miller (former IC director, Japanese Program, Dean of the BYU College of Humanities).

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The directors of the Brigham Young University International Cinema and their special guests discuss the films showing at BYU’s International Cinema--one of the longest running college cinema programs of its kind in the world. IC screens over eighty of the best contemporary and classic films from all over the world each year with support from the BYU College of Humanities, and you can get background about the films here. "From the Booth" is a great way to get insights into foreign films, the history of cinema, and about what is going on in the world of media studies.