BIO

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UMEBOSHI is:

Toyoko rm Saindon

Documentary filmmaker, photo + video artist

Based in AZ, California, Kyushu Japan.

Born in Ureshino, Japan and raised all over the US, Toyoko holds an M.F.A. in Social Documentation from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a dual B.A. in Film and Television & Gender and Women's Studies - Queer, Trans, and Sexuality Studies.

Their work focuses on visualization of oral histories, Asian-American diaspora, marginalized or underrepesented communities in Japan, practicing care within film production, experimental documentary form, queering film production and industry, memories, dreams. ︎