Honolulu Foundation
Hawai`i Première
The Miracle of the Gifted Quarter
English Subtitles
Introduction by the Director Fumiko Irie Adult:$10, Student: $5 (Toddler: free) Sunday, November 14th, 2010 1:30 pm (Door open 1:15pm)
Spalding Hall Auditorium,
Please join us for the Hawaii Première of this heart-warming, eye-opening documentary, which is rapidly gaining an international following. The Director, Ms. Fumiko Irie, will be present to share her insights.
Katsuko is a teacher of impaired children in Japan. Her insightful narration reveals the incredible wisdom that this forgotten segment of our school population has to teach us about our own lives. Be sure to see this screening, and experience the awakening of your own heart, as you discover “The Miracle of the Gifted Quarter.”
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Inserts from the film Yukie and Katsuko
The film is about Katsuko Yamamoto, a teacher at a school for challenged children, and her students. Among her students was Yukie, a teenage girl suffering from a fatal illness. Despite her situation, Yukie loved and accepted everything about herself, including her illness, the paralysis it caused, and her inevitable fate.
Yukie had even written a poem to express this sentiment, a poem I would like to share with you now:
“Arigato” (Thank you)
I’ve made a decision.
When my eyes stop seeing,
And when my legs stop moving,
I will say to them, “Thank you”
was born in Osaka, and is currently married with two children. Her work is inspired by the words: "You are spectacular exactly the way you are," by Katsuko Yamamoto, a teacher at a school for challenged/handicapped children, who has given lectures all over Japan on behalf of her students. In December 2005, Fumiko started the "One Spoonful Sugar" movement to spotlight people who deliver messages on the dignity of life using her films. She is the director and maker of the documentary film, "The Miracle of the Gifted Quarter."