This event will be rescheduled to a future date due to incoming Hurricane Helene.  Stay Safe!
It will no longer be held on Friday September 27th from 6:30-8pm.

The Tallahassee Chan Center has invited the director of “Carving the Divine”, Yujiro Seki, to a Q&A session. Feel free to join to ask questions or listen in!

“Carving the Divine” offers an intimate look into the world of Busshi, Japanese Buddhist sculptors, who dedicate their lives to creating sacred statues. The film captures the meticulous artistry and spiritual devotion of these sculptors, revealing the profound cultural and religious significance of their work.

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​This Q&A is held on Zoom only.

Yujiro Seki, a native of Japan, spent more than a decade producing, filming, and editing “Carving the Divine,” his first feature-length documentary. He won the Best Director of a Foreign Language Documentary award at the Milan International Filmmaker Festival and premiered at the famous Raindance Film Festival in London. “Carving the Divine” has become the official selection for 30 film festivals, showing in a total of 22 countries, and has won awards at 12 festivals worldwide.