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 [...]
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A passing note about NOVA
Posted: September 30, 2009 in Heartful EnglishTags: eikaiwa, ekimae ryugaku, english conversation school, Japan, NOVA
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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 [...]
