Hatsu Yume (First Dream)

Genres: Documentary

Counries: United States of America

Companies: Bill Viola Studio, The TV Lab at WNET/13

Runtime: 56 minutes

With a title referring to Japanese folklore, wherein things done on the first day of a new year are significant, the film - an ardent dream entirely shot in Japan - stands as a spiritual allegory equating light and dark with life and death.