BIO
[(UME) PLUM 梅 (BOSHI)PICKLED 干し]
UMEBOSHI is:
Toyoko rm Saindon (they/them)
Non-binary documentary filmmaker, artist, educator.
Based in AZ & 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. from The University of Arizona 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/underrepesented communities in Japan, practicing care within film production, experimental documentary form, queering film production & industry, memories, dreams. ︎