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What does it mean to be hapa? Interdisciplinary artist Paul Kikuchi has been thinking about that question a lot lately as he prepares to run …
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Renee Tajima-Peña is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker and professor of Asian American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles. Her documentary projects focus on immigrant communities, …
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“Some people think my work looks like it’s speaking something like a megaphone,” says Shinpei Takeda. “And some people think it is trying to catch …
In these difficult political times, resistance appears every day—from marches to political organizing to Star Wars movies to hashtags. But for many within the Japanese …
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Hidden Histories Trailer from Full Spectrum Features on Vimeo. As the years have passed, the importance of the Japanese American story as a part of …
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If you remember PBS’ 2007 Most Honorable Son—a documentary about Nebraska Nisei farmboy turned B-24 and B-29 turret gunner Ben Kuroki—then you’re familiar with the …
How you identify culturally is almost an internal dialogue with yourself. But an eye-opener for me while making All Our Father’s Relations was how invested …
I had a chance to sit down and talk with filmmaker Tad Nakamura about his newest documentary Mele Murals and its L.A. Premiere, co-presented by …
Fifteen years after its 2001 release, the award-winning documentary film Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray will be screened at the Japanese American National Museum …
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“There were no Japanese Americans left in Juneau at that time. It was a moment when this community came together in an act of quiet …
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