Establishment of the Ainu Indigenous People’s Film Society

Abstract

I established the Ainu Indigenous People’s Film Society in October 2014. The Ainu Indigenous People’s Film Society is a private group which works to contribute to the creation of a society in which everyone, no matter what their ethnicity, can live happily. This group also promotes awareness of Indigenous peoples—not only their history and culture, but also the problems that they face at present. The group’s main activities are holding a monthly film meeting, and we are planning to run an annual film festival. We disseminate information on a website (Ainu senjuminzoku deneisha 2018). I would like to introduce this group in this article, and discuss how it was formed and how it works.