This screening includes Three Films by Tadashi Nakamura
- Date and time:
- Sun, April 1, 2012, From 6:30–7:45 pm
- Runtime:
- 1 hr 15 min
- Cost:
- Free
Series: Movement: Asian/Pacific America
About Three Films by Tadashi Nakamura
- Year Released:
- Multiple years
- Genres:
- Documentary
- Metadata:
Pilgrimage (2003) tells the inspiring story of a WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans that has become a symbol of retrospection and solidarity.
A Song for Ourselves (2009) journeys into the life and music of late Asian American Movement troubadour Chris Iijima. During the 1970s, when Asians in America were still considered “Orientals,” his music helped provide the voice and identity for a generation.
(HD Cam presentation) Films courtesy of the filmmaker and the Center for Asian American Media.
Director Tadashi Nakamura is scheduled to be present.
This series presented in partnership with IU Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Asian Culture Center, Asian American Studies Program, East Asian Studies Center, and IU Cinema.
Biography
Tadashi Nakamura is a 31 year old, fourth-generation Japanese American and second-generation filmmaker. Besides carrying on his parents’ work – his mother is writer/producer Karen L. Ishizuka and his father is director Robert A. Nakamura – Nakamura seeks to tell his community’s history to a new generation.
Nakamura recently completed A SONG FOR OURSELVES, the third film of his trilogy on the early Asian American Movement. It is currently screening in festivals and colleges around the U.S. and Canada and has won twelve awards for film excellence including four for Best Documentary Short .The first film of the trilogy was Yellow Brotherhood (2003), a personal documentary about the meaning of friendship and community through a youth organization called Yellow Brotherhood, which was formed in the 1960s to help youth get off drugs. It won Best Documentary Short at the San Diego Asian Film Festival has been screened at film festivals, colleges, and community events across the nation. The second was Pilgrimage (2007), which tells the story of how an abandoned WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans was transformed into a symbol of retrospection and solidarity for people of all nationalities in our post 9/11 world. Pilgrimage was one of the 83 short films out of 7,500 submissions selected for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and has garnered nine awards of excellence including five for Best Documentary Short. With A SONG FOR OURSELVES, he completes his homage to the importance of the early Asian American Movement and passes on its passion in the hopes of inspiring young people to continue to work - and sing - for social justice.