{"product_id":"onlookers","title":"ONLOOKERS","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3d88ad;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNamed one of “The Best Documentaries of 2024” by The New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9c0707;\"\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3d88ad;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHONORABLE MENTION, BREAKOUT FEATURES - Slamdance Film Festival \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9c0707;\"\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3d88ad;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I also loved ONLOOKERS, Kimi Takesue’s unusual film about tourism in Laos…here we are as viewers, watching people be watched. So who is the real onlooker?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Alissa Wilkinson, THE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTourism \/ Tourism Studies\u003c\/span\u003e • \u003cspan\u003eTravel \u003c\/span\u003e• U.S. History • \u003cspan\u003eAnthropology (Ethnographic Filmmaking)\u003c\/span\u003e • \u003cspan\u003eGlobalization\u003c\/span\u003e • \u003cspan\u003eSustainability • Immersive Sensory Ethnography • Politics of “Slowing Down” • Laos • Cross-Cultural Encounters • Buddhist Studies • Cultural Studies \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDate of Completion:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e 2023 \u003c\/span\u003e| \u003cstrong style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRun Time:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e 72 \u003c\/span\u003eminutes | \u003cstrong style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e | \u003cstrong style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCaptions: \u003c\/strong\u003eYes | \u003cstrong style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIncludes: \u003c\/strong\u003eTranscript | \u003cstrong style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDirector:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eKimi Takesue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e| \u003cstrong style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProducers: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRichard Beenen, Sophie Luo \u0026amp; Kimi Takesue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e | Camera and Editing: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eKimi Takesue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e | Consulting Producers: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eKarin Chien \u0026amp; Sara Archambault\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed one of the Best Documentaries of 2024 by The New York Times, Kimi Takesue’s \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONLOOKERS\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a visually striking, immersive meditation on travel and tourism in Laos, reflecting on how we all live as observers. 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How much of tourist life involves waiting: arrivals and departures, boredom and cellphones?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd why, finally, do we travel? 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