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DESCRIPTION:<strong><span style="color: #c21313\;">FREE</strong>\n\n<span s
 tyle="color: #c21313\;"><a href="http://9644p.blackbaudhosting.com/9644p/t
 ickets?tab=2&amp\;txobjid=2bebe6d1-bebd-4e0f-9382-999135ed897b">RSVP NOW</
 a>\n\nJoin for the premiere of a remastered version of <strong>HITO HATA:
  RAISE THE BANNER (4k Restoration)</strong>\, a groundbreaking film by <s
 trong>Robert A. Nakamura</strong> and <strong>Duane Kubo</strong> that 
 had its World Premiere more than 40 years ago. A talkback with the filmmak
 ing team will follow the screening.\n\n<strong><em>About the film:</em></s
 trong>\n\nA landmark project\, <strong>HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER</stron
 g> (Directed by Robert A. Nakamura &amp\; Duane Kubo (United States\, 198
 0)) is the first feature-length film made by and about Asian Pacific Ameri
 cans. Capturing the contributions and hardships of Japanese Americans from
  the turn-of-the-20th century\, the film centers on Oda (the late veteran 
 actor/director Mako)\, a feisty issei (first generation Japanese American)
  and elderly single laborer living in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. Through
  a series of flashbacks\, the story traces Oda’s life as a laborer on th
 e transcontinental railroad to his struggle to save the home of Little Tok
 yo’s residents when the community is threatened with redevelopment.\n\nA
 n epic Japanese American drama\, HITO HATA draws on the talents and suppor
 t of Asian American filmmakers\, writers\, theater professionals and liter
 ally hundreds of people from the Asian Pacific American community who serv
 ed as extras\, provided locations\, props\, and moral as well as financial
  support.\n\n<em>The 4k Restoration is funded by the National Film Preserv
 ation Foundation\, with additional support from funders of the VC Archives
  (Aratani Foundation\, California Civil Liberties Public Education Program
 \, California Humanities\, Haynes Foundation\, and Mellon Foundation)</em>
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SUMMARY:Premiere of the Remastered HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER
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