Stories of dreams and memories of Japanese women. In this award winning documentary, Shelly Silver presents an intimate portrait of a group of Japanese women ranging in age from 15 to 82, talking about their lives, families and society. In these stories one can begin to see, from very personal and individual perspectives, the societal changes that have occurred over the last three generations for women in Japan, bringing an exciting and often conflicting array of choices and positions. Many of the stories revolve around the relationships these grandmothers, mothers and daughters have with each other, filled with respect, rebellion, loss and love.  

Advises children to do whatever is necessary -even lie- to achieve harmonious family relations. "These boys treat their dad as though they were genuinely glad to see him, as though they really missed him...". (The Prelinger Archives are a source of educational material, mainly ordered by theme, giving a vision of the dark side, the underbelly, perhaps naive of the American dream and the America that is often hidden behind the media curtain.)

Millner casts herself as a fan whose life has an uncanny similarity to that of Roseanne Barr's televised replica. When Millner visits the set of Roseanne, the "excess" of fan and star meets in a comic finale that threatens life as we know it.

Evocation of the cultural and social environment through images of family movies.