Film Screenings
"Hito Hata: Raise the Banner" (1980)
Film Screenings
"Hito Hata: Raise the Banner" (1980)
Location: David Henry Hwang Theater, Union Center for the Arts, 120 Judge John Aiso Street, Los Angeles
Admission is free!
Screening of a new 16mm print of this cinematic landmark, the first feature film produced by and about Asian Americans. Oda, an elderly bachelor living in Little Tokyo, chronicles the stories of the Japanese American community from the turn of the century to the 1970s. A Q&A with Director Robert A. Nakamura and John Esaki (co-writer) will follow the screening.
Co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum and Visual Communications. Special thanks to the Academy Film Archive.