My Floating World: Miyuki Tanobe
Directed by Ian Rankin, Stephan Steinhouse, and Marc F. VoizardThis documentary short is a portrait of Miyuki Tanobe, a Japanese painter who has chosen to make Québec her home. She works in the Nihonga style, applying centuries-old techniques to scenes drawn directly from the working-class neighborhoods of Montréal. The film records the progression of one of her paintings from preliminary sketch to completion.
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