Mizuko (Water Child)
TFI Suppport
IF/Then Shorts 2018 DOC NYC
Logline
In Japan, there is a special way to grieve after having an abortion. Inspired by these Buddhist rituals, Mizuko is an intimate look of how a half-Japanese American woman re-evaluates the controversial drawing of ‘the line’ in abortion ethics, when she becomes pregnant herself.
Katelyn Rebelo
Co-director, animator
Katelyn Rebelo is a graduate of Tisch School of the Arts with a major in Film & Television and minor in Social and Cultural Analysis. She is a director, cinematographer, and animator, especially interested in the ability of film to coincide with socially minded causes.
Kira Dane
Co-director, animator
Kira Dane is a half-Japanese filmmaker, painter, and native New Yorker. She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Film and Television. After graduating from NYU, Kira worked as an associate producer on Humans of New York: The Series, which was nominated for an Emmy award. She was chosen as a 2019 Sundance Ignite Fellow, and is an active member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective.