Old Man River
A Film by Emma Award Winning Director Allan Holzman
Written and Performed by Cynthia Gates Fujikawa

This unusual portrait of a daughter trying to know her stoic father after his death, combines writer/performer Cynthia Gates Fujikawa's acclaimed, multi-media, one woman stage performance, with a stirring collage of moving and still images that mesh to reveal a kaleidoscopic portrait of Hollywood character actor Jerry Fujikawa (Chinatown, M*A*S*H, Taxi). Jerry's career playing every imaginable Asian stereotype seemed anything but glamorous and always predictable to his daughter. But when Ms. Fujikawa stumbles upon a mysterious secret her father would take to his grave, he embarks upon a journey that brings her face to face with American racism, specifically the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and eventually leads her to a sister she never knew existed. OLD MAN RIVER brings to life an astoundingly tragic and complex American family history, while connecting this personal story to larger political and social issues.

$25.00 DVD

$25.00 VHS