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DIGITAL HISTORIES 2014

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BINGO!
Everyone wants to win at Bingo. What prizes will you get?
LEARNING FROM RITO
The director, eager to learn something new, takes piano lessons from her best friend’s relative. The results are amazing!
BO PEEP IN THE CITY
Follow the filmmaker as she and her dogs go sheep-herding in Long Beach, CA.
A TALE OF TWO CHOWS
40 years after graduating from a predominantly white high school in Los Angeles, filmmaker Gerry Chow interviews Calvin Chow, a classmate who shares the same last name.
LIVING TIME CAPSULE: LITTLE TOKYO ARTS & GIFTS
A portal to Little Tokyo’s past, Little Tokyo Arts & Gifts is a retail shop where you can find stock from Japan in the ‘50s and ‘60s, run by Elaine, whose parents started the business.
MOCHI: IT’S NOT JUST RICE CAKES
Mochitsuki, a traditional mochi-making ceremony, brings the community and generations together. Witness the bonding amongst volunteers, friends, and families at the Gardena Pioneer Project.
POPO CRUISING ANTARCTICA
Popo, at 81 years old, cruises Antarctica during a holiday trip. It’s fun, food, and penguins.
SOWING SEEDS OF LIFE...OF HOPE
Japanese vegetable seeds played an enormous part in making life more bearable for the Japanese people who were incarcerated in a concentration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during WWII.
6 WEDDINGS AND A DRESS
Chiyomi Ogawa first wore her wedding dress in the shadow of Manzanar, a Japanese American concentration camp. The dress was then worn by five other women. This is their story.
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Digital Histories is a mechanism for AAPNHPI older adults to use their unique voices and perspectives in sharing stories with the generations to come. Since its creation in 2003, Digital Histories has provided a professional and artistic work environment for underserved, ethnic-minority seniors in the Los Angeles-based Asian Pacific American community. Past documentary projects have focused on issues such as discovering and preserving family histories, coming to terms with a gay child, and senior love and dating.

Mochitsuki, a traditional mochi-making ceremony, brings the community and generations together. Witness the bonding amongst volunteers, friends, and families at the Gardena Pioneer Project.

  • Year
    2014
  • Runtime
    6 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    2014
  • Director
    George Takaki
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