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Stepping into the Past: Behind the Scenes of The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i

As a Hawai‘i-born Yonsei filmmaker, I’ve always been deeply interested in films about the Asian American experience. In 2009, I was asked by ...

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Hafu: A documentary film about hafus by hafus

The documentary examines multiracial and multicultural narratives in modern Japan. In a country often perceived and proclaimed to be racially and culturally homogeneous, shifting demographics ...

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Behind the Scenes of "The Manzanar Fishing Club": Bringing the Issei Back to Life

It’s pretty much standard procedure among filmmakers to embrace favorable reviews and pretend the bad ones never happened. Oftentimes it’s ego, at other ...

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Enemy Alien: An American Sansei’s Story - Part 3 of 3

Read Part 2 >> How many other “Farouks” are still being detained? One of the horrible and destructive aspects of ICE is its lack of public ...

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Cultivating remembrance: An interview with filmmaker Kenneth Kokka

The phrase “Richmond, California, 1942” might call to mind the patriotic bustle of naval shipyards and the stoic biceps of Rosie the Riveter, but this ...

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Hapa-ly Ever After: An Interview with Jeff Chiba Stearns

Growing up in the predominantly white city of Kelowna, British Columbia, Jeff Chiba Stearns felt very aware of being different from most of the people ...

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APA Spotlight

Lucy Walker, Director of The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Being that my mother is from Japan, I feel a connection to that country that many Japanese Americans do not. So when the earthquake/tsunami ...

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APA Spotlight

Filmmaker Derek Shimoda, June Bride: Redemption of a Yakuza

One of my favorite Asian American documentaries is The Killing of the Chinese Fortune Cookie, so when I heard the filmmaker, Derek Shimoda, was making ...

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Collective Future

Conversaciones a la distancia con Kaori Flores Yonekura

Las conversaciones a la distancia generalmente están teñidas con instrascendencia -a menos que sea una discusión- pero depende de cada uno mantener ...

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Nikkei, el viaje de Kaori

Si tuviera que ser un dibujo sería Campanita. Pequeña, cara bonita, voz que canturrea cada palabra. Sí, Kaori Flores Yonekura tiene la gracilidad ...