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TT Takemoto

Overview

TT Takemoto is a queer Japanese American filmmaker and artist exploring Asian American history, sexuality, and identity. Their experimental films delve into hidden dimensions of same-sex intimacy and trauma that exist within Asian and Asian American archives. Takemoto interacts with found footage and archival materials through performance and labor-intensive processes of painting, lifting, and manipulating 16mm/35mm film emulsion using scotch tape, razor blades, and nail polish. By engaging with tactile and sensory dimensions of queer histories, Takemoto conjures up immersive fantasies involving butch surgeons, femme fish filleting, and homoerotic breadmaking. Their films honor queer Asian Americans who lived, loved, and labored together during the prewar era and beyond.

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Directing
2024 For Jina Directing Director N/A
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2023 Lion in the Wind Directing Director N/A
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2023 After Bed Directing Director N/A
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2021 Ever Wanting (for Margaret Chung) Directing Director N/A
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2021 HK Uprising Directing Director N/A
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2019 Sworded Love Directing Director N/A
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2019 May 35 Directing Director N/A
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2018 On the Line Directing Director N/A
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2018 Wayward Emulsions Directing Director N/A
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2017 Semiotics of Sab Directing Director N/A
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2014 Sex, Politics and Sticky Rice Directing Director N/A
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2011 Looking for Jiro Directing Director N/A
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Sab Shimono: Acting “As If” Directing Director N/A
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Lift Little Tokyo Directing Director N/A
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Editing
2019 May 35 Editing Editor N/A
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