RWV Kanopy Movie Discussion Join Thursday's RWV Movie Group discussion via Zoom at 10 AM Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89016059225?pwd=bmhESjN0N3NhRUE3MXJWSWpVQ0Nrdz09 Meeting ID: Meeting ID: 890 1605 9225 Passcode: 486547 Attend by phone: 1-669-900-6833
Movie this Month: Shoplifters (Japanese, 2018) Drama film directed, written and edit by Hirokazu Kore-eda. The film is about a family that relies on shoplifting to cope with a life of poverty. Living on the margins of Toyoko this band of dysfunctional outsiders is united by fierce loyalty. When the young son is arrested secrets are exposed that upends their tenuous, below-the-radar existence. The film contemplates what makes a family, as well as poverty and shoplifting in Japan. It won the 2018 Palme d’Or and was a critical and commercial success as well as nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars and the Golden Globe.
Watch the movie via the web application "Kanopy" anytime before the discussion date and bring your comments and insights to the online meeting.
To sign up for Kanopy: Kanopy is free with your Multnomah or Washington County library card. On the Multnomah County Library website, go to the blue toolbar and click on E-Books and More. From the dropdown menu, select E-Books and More. Kanopy is the first listing under Streaming Media. Click on Kanopy and follow instructions. [https://multcolib.kanopy.com/] For Washington County, go to the toolbar at the top and choose Digital Library. Then select Kanopy and follow the directions [https://wccls.kanopy.com/].