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DESCRIPTION:<strong>The Asian American Studies Program </strong> &amp\;<str
 ong> The    Department of African American Studies</strong> present\n <em>
 \n Part of  the    Asian American Studies 10th Anniversary Film Series</e
 m>\n<strong>AOKI </strong> \n A    DOCUMENTARY FILM\n by Ben Wang &amp\; M
 ike Cheng\n \n <strong>Friday /    January 15\, 2010</strong>\n<strong>4 -
  6 pm\n Kresge Hall    2-415</strong> \n 1880 Campus Drive • Evanston\, 
 IL\n \n A short    Q&amp\;A with <strong>Greg Jue</strong> (participant in
  the Berkeley ‘69 TWLF Strike)    will follow the screening\n <strong>AO
 KI</strong> is a documentary film chronicling the life of    <strong>Richa
 rd Aoki </strong> (1938-2009)\, a third-generation Japanese American who  
   became one of the founding members of the <strong>Black Panther Party</s
 trong> . Filmed    over the last five years of Richard’s life\, plus his
 toric footage from the    ‘60s\, this documentary features extensive foo
 tage with Richard and exclusive    interviews with his comrades\, friends\
 , and former students. Viewers will learn    about Richard’s childhood i
 n a <strong>WWII Japanese American concentration    camp</strong> \, growi
 ng up in West Oakland\, and serving eight years in the U.S.    military. T
 he film explores previously unknown facts about the formation of    the <s
 trong>Black Panther Party</strong> such as how Richard became intimately i
 nvolved    in its founding. AOKI highlights how Richard’s leadership als
 o made a    significant impact on individuals and groups in the contempora
 ry Asian    American Movement. Richard’s contributions to the groundbrea
 king organization    Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA) and its invo
 lvement in the Third    World Liberation Front (TWLF) student strike led t
 o the formation of ethnic    studies at U.C. Berkeley. Featuring Richard A
 oki\, Bobby Seale\, Yuri Kochiyama\,    Kathleen Cleaver\, Elbert “Big M
 an” Howard\, Harvey Dong\, Diane Fujino and    more...\n\n<pre>--\n\nGre
 gory Jue\nProgram Assistant\nAsian American Studies Program\nNorthwestern 
 University\nKresge Hall 1-435\n1880 Campus Drive\nEvanston\, IL 60208\n847
 .467.7114 p\n847.467.8933 f\n\n</pre>
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SUMMARY:AOKI  a Documentary Film
URL:/en/events/2010/01/15/aoki-a-documentary-film/
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