Films of Remembrance 2014
Time: 2 to 8 PM
Place: New People Cinema, 1746 Post St.,
San Francisco’s Japantown
Admission: $24 for all films, $8 per film
$18/$6 by Feb. 21 or Nichi Bei Foundation Members/Students
Screenings – DVD Sales – Discussion with Filmmakers – Free Refreshments
2 PM – Searchlight Serenade: Big Band Music in the WWII Japanese American Incarceration Camps – Meet musician Anthony Brown, former inmate and musician Yone Fukui of the G.I. Band at Heart Mountain, and artist Amy Uyeki. Co-presented by Asian Improv aRts.
3:45 PM – Honor & Sacrifice: The Roy Matsumoto Story Meet producers Lucy Ostrander, Don Sellers and Karen Matusmoto. Co-presented by the National Japanese American Historical Society.
5:00 PM – Story Art of Camp – “Tule Lake,” “Hiro,” and “Searchlight Serenade” (animation excerpt)
“Tule Lake” – A short film by Michelle Ikemoto. The short film is the recipient of several student awards including nomination for Annual Annie 2013.
“Hiro: A Japanese American Internment Story” a film by Keiko Wright. This film is winner of the Gold Medal in the Documentary category at the 39th Student Academy Awards.
Searchlight Serenade (animation) Searchlight Serenade draws from animation derived from original Japanese style woodblock art by Amy Uyeki.
The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai’i – Hear from JCCH Executive Director Carole Hayashino on how the discovery of Honouliuli continues to unfold, including a recent staging from the set of Hawaii Five-0. Co-presented by the Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce of Northern California and the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California.