Haruo Ohara

Haruo Ohara

Today you see the flower. Be grateful to yesterday's seed.

2010 · 16 min

Mixing documentary and fictional elements, this short reconstructs the history of the Japanese immigrant, agriculturist and self-taught photographer Haruo Ohara. Taking root in Londrina, Brazil, at the end of the 1920s, he carefully recorded his time in his photography while he also continued to work as a rural producer.

Directed by Rodrigo Grota · Written by Rodrigo Grota

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