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DESCRIPTION:&lt;em&gt;Premiere Promotional Screening&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;\n\nFor over twen
 ty years\, executive producer Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto\, a teacher and perf
 ormer of the 13-stringed Japanese zither known as the&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;koto&lt;/em&gt;\
 , has researched the history of Japanese traditional performing arts as pr
 acticed in the camps. She tracked down\, located\, and interviewed both te
 achers and students from most of the ten main prison camps. Her fascinatio
 n with the subject began after discovering that her mother\, who taught he
 r the&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;koto&lt;/em&gt;\, first learned the instrument as a child in the
  Topaz and Tule Lake camps. The mystery of how anyone could get the 6-foot
  long instrument into the camps when internees were only allowed to bring 
 what they could carry sparked her quest to find out how Japanese Americans
  managed to carry on their art traditions under the watchtowers of the cam
 ps.&amp;nbsp\;\n\nThe cultural traditions that had always tied Japanese Americ
 an immigrants to their faraway homeland\, now came to serve as a solace du
 ring their wartime incarceration. In the vibrating strings of the&amp;nbsp\;&lt;e
 m&gt;koto&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;and&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;shamisen&lt;/em&gt;\, the graceful moves of&amp;nbsp
 \;&lt;em&gt;buyo&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;and&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;obon&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;dance\, the emotional 
 release of&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;shigin&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;singing\, or the stylized dramatics
  of&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;kabuki&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;and&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;gidayu&lt;/em&gt;\, an escape from
  the bleak predicament of the camps became possible\, if only for a moment
  through these arts.&amp;nbsp\;\n\n&quot;I believe in this project because it does 
 two great things\,&quot; states filmmaker Joshua Fong. &quot;One\, it allows history
  to speak for itself from those who lived it\, the last of whom are passin
 g on\; two\, it tells the camp story from a fresh cultural perspective rat
 her than the traditional political one. A culture&#x27;s spirit lives in its ar
 t\, and the flourishing of music\, theater and dance in the camps is the b
 est testament to how Japanese Americans\, shouldered the ordeals of intern
 ment.&quot;\n\nFor more up-to-date information about this event\, please vist t
 he Japanese American National Museums&#x27; events page here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://w
 ww.janm.org/events/2014/04/#05&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.janm.org/events
 /2014/04/#05&lt;/a&gt;\n\n* * * * *\n\nAll programs are free for Museum members 
 and free with&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.janm.org/visit/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;a
 dmission&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;for non-members\, unless otherwise noted.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/e
 m&gt;&lt;em&gt;Events are subject to change.&lt;/em&gt;\n\nAdvanced reservations are reco
 mmended for most programs as seating/space may be limited. Some programs m
 ay have separate reservation contacts. Please check program description. &lt;
 strong&gt;When making a reservation\, email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:rsvp@janm.org&quot;&gt;rs
 vp@janm.org&lt;/a&gt; or call 213.625.0414 at least 48 hours prior to the event.
 &lt;/strong&gt; Include the name\, date\, and time of the program\, as well as y
 our name and the total in your party.\n\n&lt;em&gt;* * * * *&lt;/em&gt;
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SUMMARY:Hidden Legacy: Japanese Traditional Arts in the World War II Intern
 ment Camps
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