What Are You Afraid Of? (Hisako Matsui, 2015, Japan, 120 min.) – introduced by Noboru Tomonari, Skype Q&A with Hisako Matsui
“A (her)story told through the very people involved in the women’s liberation movement beginning in Japan in the 1970s, filled with personal accounts of why they joined the movement and ideas about work that is still left to be done. Director Hisako Matsui draws out episodes from these torch-bearing women, touching on a wide range of subjects from gender inequality, marriage, social structures, women’s studies and journalism to aging. A testament to feminism in different forms, the film serves as both a powerful introduction to those unfamiliar with the history and a celebration of the women who paved the way and continue to work for a better future.” (Japan Society)