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Author Discussion—"Relocating Authority" by Mira Shimabukuro

2017年05月13日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. Relocating Authority: Japanese Americans Writing to Redress Mass Incarceration examines the ways Japanese Americans have continually used writing to respond to the circumstances of their community’s mass imprisonment during World War II. It highlights literacy’s enduring potential to participate in social change and as...

Asian Pacific Islander Festival: "Conscience and the Constitution"

2012年05月12日

Award-winning film by Frank Abe that provoked controversy nationwide for documenting the untold story of the largest organized resistance to the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans, and the suppression of that resistance by Japanese American leaders. Screening includes new featurette, “The JACL Apologizes.” Q&A with the filmmaker and DVD signing will follow the screening. Purchase the DVD from the Museu...

Bringing the Circle Together: Juchitan Queer Paradise

2010年03月18日

A free screening of Juchitan Queer Paradise, with a special short film entitled Two-Spirit People in the Modern World In collaboration with Bringing The Circle Together, the Red Circle Project at AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) will be hosting a free night of documentary films: 'Two-Spirit People in the Modern World', a short film by Mike Garrido and Tarek Tohme and 'Juchitan Queer Paradise' by Patricio Henriq...

Fighting for Democracy Pre-visit Workshop

2009年11月12日

Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, November 12, 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Dinner provided) WHAT IS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY? For hundreds of years people have sought a home and future in the United States of America. They came, and still come, in pursuit of freedom and democracy. Yet, the dream of democracy is not without its struggle. Against the backdrop of World War II, a segregated America, and the C...

Fighting for Democracy Pre-visit Workshop

2009年09月17日

Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, September 17, 4:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. (Dinner provided) WHAT IS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY? For hundreds of years people have sought a home and future in the United States of America. They came, and still come, in pursuit of freedom and democracy. Yet, the dream of democracy is not without its struggle. Against the backdrop of World War II, a segregated America,...

Asian New Media

2008年04月24日

Los Angeles Art Association is proud to present Asian New Media, a film screening and panel discussion featuring emerging Asian American video and media artists. Los Angeles’ important role in the contemporary art world is a byproduct of our diversity and proximity to the Pacific Rim. Asian New Media features a selection of emerging Asian American artists as they share their art and process. Short films by arti...

Giant Robot Biennale

2007年11月03日 - 2008年01月13日

Developed in collaboration with Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot and the Japanese American National Museum In celebration of its 50th issue and in collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum, the pop-culture magazine Giant Robot has assembled works by ten cutting-edge artists from around the country in Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues. Artists: APAK, Gary Baseman, David Choe, Seonna Hong, Sashie Masakat...

Fighting Separate Wars: Heroes Abroad, Outsiders at Home

2002年06月29日

Following the screening of excerpts from Looking Like the Enemy, directed by Robert Nakamura and written and produced by Karen Ishizuka, a diverse panel of World War II veterans look back and reflect on the experience of choosing to serve in the armed forces of a country in which their own civil rights were not (always) protected.

Japanese American National Museum Sets 10th Anniversary Celebration Gala March 8 At Grand Ballroom At Hollywood & Highland

2002年03月08日

The Japanese American National Museum will begin a series of events marking its 10th Anniversary of its public opening by holding its Annual Dinner on Friday, March 8, at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., with dinner to be catered by the world-famous chef Wolfgang Puck. The 10th Anniversary Celebration Gala Dinner and Silent Auction is one of the National Museum’s major annual f...

Honor Thy Children

1997年05月31日

Featuring: Al Nakatani Honor Thy Children beautifully and poignantly chronicles the transformation of Jane and Al Nakatani which is brought on by the devastating loss of all of their children. It tells the story of one family’s journey from grief to healing—from the repudiation of their eldest son upon learning he is gay, to the total acceptance and support of their youngest son Guy—enabling him to live and di...