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DIGITAL HISTORIES 2015

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Alumni from Manzanar Junior High reunite to meet, rekindle friendships, and reminisce about life in camp as young teens. Protected by their parents from the traumas of forced removal and incarceration during World War II, these then youth present another perspective of their experiences before, during, and after incarceration. Relationships developed during their juvenile years in camp and maintained through the years provide a special bond amongst those formerly incarcerated.
AN URBAN DAUGHTER’S STORY
Diana Yee reminisces about her experiences as the only Asian American female in her L.A. high school class in the ‘70s.
BREAKING HAPPINESS: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY'S STRUGGLE WITH A RARE DISEASE
The comfortable life of a Japanese American family in Orange County is suddenly disrupted when a mysterious and seemingly incurable disease strikes the family.
GIO: A MAN WONDERFULLY CREATED
Gio shares his story about what it was like to grow up gay in a religiously conservative Deep South community. After a confusing childhood, a tumultuous young adulthood, and struggling to find someone with whom to share his future, he finally finds a supportive community.
HELLO KITTY AND HER FANS
Sanrio created Hello Kitty and began her globalization in 1974. She is not a cat, does not have a mouth but is an ambassador of friendship. Watch how she takes over the world with her motto: you can never have too many friends!
JEANNIE WONG WANTS TO DO EVERYTHING
A portrait of the multi-talented Jeannie Wong: filmmaker, artist, writer, party host, marathoner, dancer, and musician. Jeannie does it all and yet still finds that her life is missing something.
OUR NEW HOME!
Watch the consequences of an unplanned future unfold.
REMEMBERING RAFU MANDOLIN CLUB
The discovery of old reel-to-reel tape recordings exhumed from the back of a closet leads to the resurrection of musical treasures from the Japanese American musical culture of the 1950s-60s, recorded by a Los Angeles band called the Rafu Mandolin Club.
SONG FOR 100
A 99 year-old Japanese-American woman transforms hardships through song as she experiences the joy of motherhood, work, and friendship. She bears a formidable determination to reach 100 and beyond.
A SUITCASE IN ONE HAND—A PAINTBOX IN THE OTHER
Kunio Tatsui immigrated to America from Japan in the early 1920s when he was 18 years old. The paintbox he carries off the ship is his main interest in life, but the reality of his life in America takes many twists and turns away from his passion. When he retires at the age of 62, he enrolls at the Otis Art Institute to study painting, but his interest soon turns to sculpting and etching on metal plates.
U-SPACE
Meet Brad, Jason, and U-Space — their dream space come true — where all kinds of people get together over music, coffee, and ukuleles.
WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE MONUMENT’S MEN OF LITTLE TOKYO?
Tom Brokaw called them "the greatest generation,” but the Japanese American Nisei soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team/100th Battalion/Military Intelligence Service now face another battle. Time has taken its toll as their declining health, fading memories, and numbers fall. How will the next keepers of the Go For Broke Monument preserve and perpetuate the legacy and stories of their heroic accomplishments?
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MOUNT MANZO NAGANO?
Three young men struggle to make the first ever ascent of wild and rugged Mount Manzo Nagano, named in honor of their great grandfather.
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Digital Histories is a mechanism for AAPNHPI older adults to use their unique voices and perspectives in sharing stories with the generations to come. Since its creation in 2003, Digital Histories has provided a professional and artistic work environment for underserved, ethnic-minority seniors in the Los Angeles-based Asian Pacific American community. Past documentary projects have focused on issues such as discovering and preserving family histories, coming to terms with a gay child, and senior love and dating.

The discovery of old reel-to-reel tape recordings exhumed from the back of a closet leads to the resurrection of musical treasures from the Japanese American musical culture of the 1950s-60s, recorded by a Los Angeles band called the Rafu Mandolin Club.

  • Year
    2015
  • Runtime
    8 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    2015
  • Director
    David Osako
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