After Life, a 1998 film by Japanese director Koreeda, is set in a large, shabby building, perhaps a social services institution, where the souls of people who died that week are processed before moving on to the hereafter. A group of the newly dead of various ages checks in each Monday. The employees of the [...]
Archive for October 22nd, 2009
Japanese Film Asks Important Questions
Posted in Religion in America, tagged after life, spirituality and films on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
18th Century German Drama Performed for a 21st Century Audience
Posted in Abrahamic Engagement, tagged Abrahamic Engagement on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Renate recalls having to study “Nathan der Weise,” in her high school in Germany. Gotthold Lessing’s drama, set in 12th century Jerusalem, was considered part of the canon, what every well educated German in the late 20th century would know of their literary tradition. When she heard that the People’s Light and Theater [...]
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