Join Erin Aoyama as she talks with film directors (also mother and son) Karen Ishizuka and Tadashi Nakamura about what it means to embark on pilgrimages and the legacies they uphold.
Dr. Karen Ishizuka is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, scholar, and chief curator at the Japanese American National Museum. Her books include "Lost and Found: Reclaiming the Japanese American Incarceration" and "Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties. Dr. Ishizuka also curated the exhibition "America's Concentration Camps" in 1998 and produced the film "Something Strong Within" and "Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray."
Tadashi Nakamura was named one of CNN’s “Young People Who Rock” for being the youngest filmmaker at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and listed as one of the “Top Rising Asian American Directors” on IMDb. The fourth-generation Japanese American recently completed "Mele Murals," a documentary on the transformative power of modern graffiti art and ancient Hawaiian culture for a new generation of Native Hawaiians. Mele Murals was broadcasted on PBS and Al Jazeera and has received 14 awards at film festivals around the world. His last film "Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings" was broadcasted nationally on PBS and went on to win the 2013 Gotham Independent Film Audience Award, which was in competition with "12 Years a Slave" and "Fruitvale Station."
Time Codes:
00:00 Introduction
04:51 A Conversation with Karen Ishizuka and Tadashi Nakamura
53:45 Conclusion
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To learn more about Karen Ishizuka and Tadashi Nakamura, check out these websites:
https://tadashinakamura.com/beta/
http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/author/karen-ishizuka/
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