Join us for a film screening of the documentary Tsunami Punx, with an introduction and Q&A with the filmmaker Matt Ketchum.
Tsunami Punx is a scrappy documentary telling the story of how the Japanese Punk community helped create positive artistic spaces called "Live Houses" after the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
A native of Pittsburgh, Matt Ketchum went to Japan in the fall of 2009. He was living in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, enjoying the Slow Life and playing Fast Metal, but then the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami changed his life forever. After assisting in frontline relief efforts he was transferred to Tokyo where he became involved in various projects concerned with Tohoku and the arts.
Date: Friday, February 23
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: 584 William Pitt Union
