Wisdom Gone Wild
85 mins | United States | 2022
Director: Rea Tajiri
Producer: Rea Tajiri ,Sian Evans
Screenwriter: Rea Tajiri
Cinematographer: Christian Bruno, Ann Kaneko, Sherri Kauk, Oscar Molina, Dru Mungai
Cast: Rose Tajiri Noda, Rea Tajiri
Release Year: 2022
Language: English (United States)
Subtitle: English (United States)
Country: United States
Genre: Documentary
In this masterwork of a career-long investigation into collective memory, Rea Tajiri shares the camera with her mother, Rose Tajiri Noda, chronicling a sixteen year journey as Rose’s care partner following her diagnosis with dementia. A duet of both care and cinematic creation, WISDOM GONE WILD captures Rose’s daily life while sprawling across time, as Rose’s memories emerge from everyday encounters, songs, dreams, and anxieties. (Kim-Ahn Schreiber)