http://distribution.asianamericanmedia.org Just another Asianamericanmediadev.org weblog Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:32:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en PASSING POSTON A documentary by Fly On The Wall Productions PASSING POSTON tells the moving and haunting story of four former internees of the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, during World War II. The film is set against the backdrop of Ruth Okimoto’s journey as she seeks to answer questions about ... http://distribution.asianamericanmedia.org/articles/2008/07/14/coming-soon-on-dvd-for-educational-use/ In 1977, director and producer Beth Pielert was sitting in a Hebrew school class reading about Anne Frank who perished in the Holocaust and was told never to let something like the Holocaust happen again. But even at just age seven and 13,000 miles away, genocide was happening all over ... http://distribution.asianamericanmedia.org/articles/2008/04/09/behind-the-scenes-the-story-behind-the-documentary-out-of-the-poison-tree/ PILGRIMAGE Documentary | 2006 | 22 mins | DVD | Study GuideDirector/Co-Producer: Tadashi NakamuraCo-Producer: Karen IshizukaEthnicities: Japanese, Multi-EthnicSubjects: JapaneseAmerican/Canadian Internment, Activism, History, Human/Civil Rights, War, YouthGrade Level:
Middle school and higherTwo young Japanese Americans set out to find an obscure place called Manzanar in the California desert, in 1969. This was one of ten sites where over 120,000 people ... http://distribution.asianamericanmedia.org/featured/2007/10/31/the-cats-of-mirikitani/ At the Association of Asian American Studies annual conference this past spring, I had a chance to preview a remarkable film, SENTENCED HOME, co-produced, directed, and written by Nicole Newnham and David Grabias. Like other viewers, I was struck by the power of this film to put a human ... http://distribution.asianamericanmedia.org/articles/2007/10/30/test/