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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Read Part 1 >> When can we expect to see Tohokuno Shingetsu here in Canada? Hopefully this fall at the Vancouver International Film Festival. We will ...
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