Biography

Masanori Oe, born in 1942, moved to New York alone in 1965, attracted by avant-garde art. He began making films in the midst of turbulent times, including the anti-Vietnam war and the psychedelic movement. Together with Jonas Mekas and others, he founded the filmmakers' collective Newsreel, and their films have been distributed throughout the United States. From experimental films with psychedelic imagery to documentaries of anti-war rallies in Vietnam, his films, which capture the times from a personal perspective, have recently been reevaluated and screened in numerous screenings in Japan and abroad. Among these, "Great Society," commission...Read More