In the 1960s and ‘70s, a young father made home movies on 8mm film. Fifty years later, this film is brought back to life in a conversation between Grandfather and Grandson, as the audience is treated to a small peek into the immigration narrative of this Pilipino American family.

A young sansei girl’s journey in search of her estranged nisei father. She reunites with him after 30 years. Over a period of 4 years, they build a bridge that reconnects them, through exchanging 80 handwritten letters. Finally on his death bed, she finds some resolution in her father-daughter relationship.

Known for bringing tamales to the crazy camper cookouts each year at the Manzanar Pilgrimage, Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara saw shadows of ghosts in the campfires that warmed the chill of mountain nights. and he pens an epic bio, also, finding a poem of deep of love, in the hardest of times. “A Chicano Culture Sculptor,” Rubén, of Ruben and the Jets fame and a rock n’ roll immortal, is quintessentially East Los Angeles — activist, poet, singer, writer, producer, historian and art curator.

Age takes its toll, and we each face moments when it can no longer be denied. Our choices in those moments determine how we move through life, and the decisions we make define our options. Attitude matters.

Vietnamese immigrants have long moved on in their lives in America. Photos and videos of recent events in Afghanistan bring back vivid memories of their journey out of Vietnam after the fall of Saigon. Out of 1.1 million refugees, this is one personal perspective of what is occurring and the story of survival.

Trace Tres Fukuhara’s art begins with nature. Many of his works honor family, friends and community. KAERU centers around Fukuhara’s signature Pacific Wind Sculpture Garden in Long Beach, California as we look at some of his past and current pieces as well as take a glimpse at future plans.

Music video for Grammy Award-winning folk/bluegrass artist Laurie Lewis’ cover of Tom Russell’s “Manzanar,” featuring both archival and personal photos.

What happens when your family's survival is threatened by uncertainty and unrest? For some, the best answer was to separate the family and send their children away to another country. This is the Fong family's American story.

Fletcher Bowron, mayor of Los Angeles, 1938-53, used his weekly radio show to indict Japanese as waiting for the signal from the homeland. His amazingly racist rhetoric spewed over Los Angeles’s airwaves, fueled the removal of Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast. Now is the time to remove his name from the square that honors him.

As the State of California issued lockdowns and mandated wearing face masks in responses to the 21st Century Global Pandemic, Fran Ito remained positive. She experienced health issues, electrical problems, water damage and evacuation, but remained positive and active. FACING THE FUTURE: Live Laugh Love, Have Faith, Be Joyful, Have Purpose in Live.