Japan’s Black Samurai: A Ugandan Asylum Seeker Turns to Filmmaking | Witness Documentary
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For more than 15 years, Sunday, a Ugandan asylum seeker, has lived in limbo in Japan. Once detained at the Shinagawa immigration centre, he must now regularly report to the authorities and rely on charity to help feed his children. Changes to Japan’s immigration laws mean he could face deportation. Refusing to be reduced to a statistic, Sunday throws himself into an unlikely project: a samurai film inspired by Yasuke, remembered as Japan's first Black samurai. For Sunday, filmmaking becomes an act of survival, dignity and hope. Sunday in Japan is a documentary film by Antonio Rui Ribeiro, Leo Nelki and Golriz Kolahi. #aljazeeraenglish #AJWitness #documentary #Japan #Uganda
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