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DESCRIPTION:&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #c21313\;&quot;&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;\n\n&lt;strong
 &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #c21313\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/janmdotor
 g&quot;&gt;Watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;\n\nThe 2010 JANM exhibition\, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.
 janm.org/exhibits/texturedlives&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Textured Lives&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;\, was born fr
 om a gift by Barbara Kawakami to JANM’s permanent collection of beautifu
 l plantation-era clothing. Kawakami started her formal studies of these te
 xtiles and clothing at the age of 53. Now at 100\, she is still a noted au
 thor\, historian\, and storyteller who has dedicated much of her life to r
 esearching and sharing the untold stories of Issei women working on planta
 tions in Hawai’i. “Barbara Kawakami: A Textured Life” was produced b
 y the Watase Media Arts Center in conjunction with &lt;em&gt;Textured Lives&lt;/em
 &gt;.\n\nJoin us for a discussion and Q&amp;amp\;A on Kawakami’s research\, sto
 rytelling\, and legacy with &lt;strong&gt;Fay Toyama&lt;/strong&gt; (Educator and Ba
 rbara Kawakami’s daughter) and other special guests from the exhibition!
 \n\n&lt;strong&gt;“Barbara Kawakami: A Textured Life” is available to stream
  starting July 1st on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/janmdotorg&quot;&gt;JANM
 ’s YouTube Channel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;\n\n&lt;em&gt;The JANM 30th Anniversary Digita
 l Film Festival (JDFF) highlights works produced by the Emmy Award winning
  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.janm.org/mediaarts/&quot;&gt;Frank H. Watase Media Arts Cen
 ter&lt;/a&gt; through virtual screenings and live Q&amp;amp\;A sessions with those 
 involved with the films. This program is part of our &lt;a href=&quot;https://www
 .janm.org/30th-anniversary/events&quot;&gt;30th Anniversary Celebrations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;
 \n\nPurchase the DVD\, Textured Lives: Stories from the Plantations of Haw
 ai’i\, that contains this film and others at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://janms
 tore.com/products/textured-lives-stories-from-the-plantations-of-hawaii-dv
 d&quot;&gt;JANM Store&lt;/a&gt;.\n\n&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We are thankful for the generosity of ou
 r members and audiences whose support allows us to continue to provide fre
 e and accessible programming.&lt;/strong&gt; Please donate what you can or beco
 me a member today by visiting &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.janm.org/give&quot;&gt;janm.or
 g/give&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;\n\nABOUT THE FILM:\n“Barbara Kawakami: A Textured Life
 ” (2010) is a portrait of Barbara Kawakami who─ after growing up on a 
 plantation and working for over three decades as a seamstress\, and enteri
 ng college for the first time at the age of fifty-three ─ went on to unc
 over the lost history of Hawai&#x27;i&#x27;s early Japanese picture brides. The film
  was produced as part of the exhibition\, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.janm.org/e
 xhibits/texturedlives/media/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Textured Lives: Japanese Immigrant Cloth
 ing from the Plantations of Hawai’i&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.\n\n
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SUMMARY:JANM 30th Anniversary Digital Film Festival—Barbara Kawakami: A T
 extured Life
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