Shugendō Now has won an award from the Society for East Asian Anthropology. Today, we gratefully received the David W. Plath Media Award for best educational documentary. Here’s what the committee had to say about our film.

“This documentary has much to commend it, particularly the beautiful cinematography and variety of characters who we meet. The visual juxtapositions between urban and rural settings are striking. While the stories of individual practitioners and their motivations behind turning to Shugendō are interesting particularly when rendered in their own words, the real strength of the film is what the viewer gleans about the religious leaders in the Kumano mountains. The directors’ long term relationship with Kosho results in our seeing multiple aspects of his life and his intermingling of sacred and profound rituals.”

http://www.aaanet.org/sections/seaa/pastprizes.html

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