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Joe Sacco is a filmmaker and media artist who lives and works in Tokyo. His documentary and interactive artworks aim to expand the global dialogue of who we are as humans, and how we can better achieve peace and understanding for all beings.
He has worked freelance for Reuters in Japan, for docUWM in Milwaukee, Laos and Thailand, and for Engineers Without Borders in Rwanda. His work has shown at the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Wisconsin Film Festival, the SGI Cultural Center in Chicago, the Saitama International Education Conference, and on PBS. His most recent film, “My Way Home”, follows one young Hmong American filmmaker’s journey from her hometown in Wisconsin, to her birthplace in the mountains of Laos.
Producer, Director, Cinematographer - Joe Sacco
Trailer for Joe’s newest documentary, “My Way Home”, shot in Laos, Thailand and Milwaukee. Winner of the 2010 Golden Badger Award at the Wisconsin Film Festival. Aired on Wisconsin Public Television in May 2010.
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My Way Home is a documentary film chronicling one young Hmong-American woman’s journey to reconnect with her past. Seeking answers about her family, the war, and her cultural identity, Dao Chang finds herself unable to find them in the United States. Instead, she must travel halfway around the world to the home her family was once forced to flee; a voyage that greets her with more questions than answers.
For more info please visit: http://www.mywayhomefilm.com/
Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor - Joe Sacco
This film was funded by the Wisconsin Energy Foundation and produced for Engineers Without Borders, UW-Madison. It documents their sustainable development and alternative energy projects in Muramba, Rwanda.
Showcased at the Engineers Without Borders International Conference in 2009.
For more information, please contact: joesacco@me.com
Artist, Cinematographer, Editor - Joe Sacco
Three-channel video installation filmed throughout the Kanto Region of Japan (sample mock-up). For exhibition, three separate images are projected and looped next to one another in a large gallery space.
For more info: joesacco@me.com
