Ugetsu is a 1953 Japanese supernatural drama directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Silver Lion winner of the Venice Film Festival, Ugetsu is was met with critical acclaim and has been credited with popularizing Japanese film in Europe and the United States. Set in the 16th century, the film centers on a rural potter in civil war-torn Japan who leaves home to sell ceramic goods is derailed by a mystical force.
Craft Cinema is a monthly film screening series at the Center for Craft that spotlights craft on screen. The films featured run the gamut from feature films that showcase making and craft disciplines, films that display an intrinsic attention to process and craft in their own making, to video art made by craft artists, and short film groupings.
Craft Cinema is sponsored, in part, by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.