Karen J. Greenberg: Subtle Tools. The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump
USA: Donald Trump broke down established norms and led democracy astray, but he would never have reached this far, if the groundwork had not been laid by others – this new tradition of imprecise wording, secrecy and dodgy methods.
Anne-Stine Johnsbråten (photo): Good Wife, Wise Mother
PHOTO: Japanese women struggle between traditional gender roles, an expectation of work effort and reproduction while maintaining the role of "good wife, wise mother".
PROHIBITION: The world's largest Buddhist peace movement supports the initiative to ban the development and use of autonomous weapons and proposes to establish a group of friends for the ban on nuclear weapons.
Miki Dezaki: Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue
: Why are some people in positions of power so preoccupied with silencing the women who demand justice for the sex work they were forced to perform during World War II?
Kari Gjæver Pedersen and Christine Istad: How to get to Nirvana without dying first
: A different travelogue about two Norwegian women who embark on a monumental pilgrimage in Japan. On the way to 88 Shingon temples, they will release one mental block at a time – the goal is redemption.
: A suggestive tribute to the golden age of avant-garde film draws me straight in with its hypnotic soundscape – Japanese children's song, piano and a narrator's voice. But then!