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About NOVA, the school featured in this film: At the time of filming in 1997, NOVA was in it’s heyday. Their slogan was “ekimae ryugaku” which means “study abroad, right next to the railway station”. While I was there, they were expanding like crazy, with new schools popping up at railway stations everywhere. Mine was [...]

Synopsis

Posted: September 24, 2009 in Heartful English
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Like many of my peers who received Arts degrees in the 1990’s, I spent a year teaching English in Japan. I borrowed a Bolex 16 mm film camera and began documenting what seemed at the time, a brave new world. I also recorded conversations with my students. The resulting film is a poetic, somewhat surreal [...]

Heartful English

Posted: September 16, 2009 in Uncategorized

This is the official website for the film “Heartful English” by Michael Hey. format = 16 mm runtime = 26 minutes To contact Michael, email me at brilliantmovies@gmail.com.