Sushi bars are ubiquitous in Vancouver. During any given lunch or dinner rush, you'll find hundreds of sushi chefs rolling hundreds of sushi rolls. But amidst this sushi sea, you'd be hard pressed to find a female sushi chef working behind the bar.
Why are female sushi chefs so rare? This short film poses this seldom asked question and explores the Japanese traditions that have prevented women from becoming sushi chefs -- women like Etsuko Needham.
Needham is the only female executive sushi chef in Vancouver and one of only a handful of female sushi chefs across the country. Raised in Japan where it was impossible for her to train as a sushi chef, Needham moved to Vancouver, opened her own restaurant and hired male sushi chefs to train her.
Sushi Women looks at the past, present, and future of sushi chefdom and shows how one woman is challenging tradition and charting new waters.
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