Disability Japan Mark Bookman Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: ‘Mark – A Call to Action’ Premiere at Sophia University, 25th February 2024

The place, Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus. The date, Sunday February 25th 2024. The reason for this gathering was to watch ‘Mark - A Call to Action’, a documentary film about the late Mark Bookman, an academic historian and disability activist.

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By Barrier Free Japan

February 27 2024

TOKYO – The place, Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus. The date, Sunday 25th February 2024.

The reason for this gathering was to watch ‘Mark – A Call to Action’, a documentary film about the late Dr. Mark Bookman, an academic and disability activist who lived in Japan and researched about disability issues in Japan.

This podcast begins with Wasna Al Dabbagh introducing the film ‘Mark – A Call to Action’, followed by the trailer for the film. Finally, there are some comments made after the film by Prof. Nagase Osamu of Ritsumeikan University, who is a disability studies scholar, as well as being a mentor and colleague to Mark.

‘Mark – A Call to Action’ trailer (YouTube):

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