Films of Remembrance
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Ordinary citizens’ extraordinary deeds come to life in ‘The Art of Activism’ program
February 17, 2023 by Soji Kashiwagi, Nichi Bei News
Ordinary citizens’ extraordinary deeds come to life in this year’s Films of Remembrance “The Art of Activism” program presented by the Nichi Bei Foundation. Here’s a preview of the short […] READ MORE
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Season 2 Episode 1: A Time To Remember
February 16, 2023 by Greg Viloria
In this episode, we take time to remember the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans. Premiering Thursday, February 16, 2023, 6 p.m. on the Nichi Bei Foundation Facebook Live and YouTube channels. READ MORE
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Film examines civil disobedience in the camps
February 16, 2023 by Takeshi Nakayama, Nichi Bei News
The Nichi Bei Foundation will screen “We Said No! No! A Story of Civil Disobedience,” a J-Town Pictures documentary by filmmaker Brian Maeda, highlighting the civil disobedience in America’s World […] READ MORE
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A rose blooms, a garden’s history is uncovered, and history is dug up in ‘Rooted in History Program’
February 16, 2023 by Soji Kashiwagi, Nichi Bei News
“Rooted in History” is the theme of a Nichi Bei Foundation Films of Remembrance program featuring three short documentary films focusing on a blooming rose, a Japanese garden and the […] READ MORE
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Three films that transcend time ‘Rediscover History’
February 16, 2023 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
As those who lived through the wartime incarceration experience grow older and fewer in number, a new generation of Japanese Americans are coming of age. In the 12th annual Films […] READ MORE
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VIRTUAL-ONLY PROGRAM: Life After Camp
February 16, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
Three films will be available to screen virtually from Feb. 25 through March 12 at www.filmsofremembrance.org. In this program: “Enduring Democracy: The Monterey Petition” (2022, 67 min.) by David Schendel. […] READ MORE
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‘Before They Take Us Away’ tells the story of JAs during WWII that you may not be familiar with
February 16, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
The history of Japanese American incarceration isn’t as unknown or forgotten as it used to be. Many more people today know about how more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry […] READ MORE
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‘When You Leave’ explores the separation of friends and family in camps
February 16, 2023 by Gil Asakawa, Nichi Bei News
Writer-director Jason Yamamoto’s short film “When You Leave” focuses on Japanese American incarceration from a different perspective, exploring the emotional bonds that break when family members and friends take divergent […] READ MORE
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Films of Remembrance, returns to S.F., S.J. Feb. 25-26
February 16, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
The Nichi Bei Foundation presents the 12th annual Films of Remembrance, a showcase of films on the forced removal and incarceration of the Japanese American community in wartime concentration camps, […] READ MORE
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‘Voices’ brings Hawai‘i story to life
February 17, 2022 by Nichi Bei News
Immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, FBI agents appeared at Japanese American homes with guns and bayonets and began arresting Issei immigrants without cause and threw them […] READ MORE
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