ACCUSED OF NO CRIME: Japanese Incarceration In America <Read More> about ReflectSpace
Closing Reception, Sunday July 8, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Film Screenings w/ Panel Discussion
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"We Were Americans" is a short documentary about the Glendale-based Yamada family who were imprisoned at the Colorado River Relocation Center in Poston Arizona, during WWII simply for being Japanese. Glenn Yamada was born in Poston and the film traces his family story before, during and after incarceration, focusing specifically on the disruption of the imprisonment on later generations. Commissioned by ReflectSpace Gallery, directed, produced and edited by filmmaker Avo Kambourian. Filmed on location at the ruins of the Poston incarceration center in Arizona and the Los Angeles area
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My Shadow Is A Word Writing Itself Across Time -- video art by Gazelle Samizay. Using poetry and sweeping landscape imagery, Gazelle Samizay draws connections between her experience as a Muslim-American and wrongfully imprisoned Japanese-Americans during WW II.
ReflectSpace Gallery at Downtown Central exhibit Accused of No Crime: Japanese Incarceration in America, May 29 - July 8, 2018, examines a massive civil rights violation committed in our own backyard by our own government: the “crimeless” imprisonment by the US government of 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry during WWII. The artists in Accused of No Crime reflect on the historical context of the incarceration and consider its impact today. The exhibit weaves a deeply personal narrative of this dark history through art, archive, installation, and documentary film to highlight the stories of interned families and showcase artists who are descendants. Download the events flyer
Artists in exhibition include Masumi Hayashi, Mona Higuchi, Paul Kitagaki, Kevin Miyazaki. The exhibit also includes archival images by Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and Clem Albers in addition to a ReflectSpace-commissioned documentary by filmmaker Avo Kambourian about the Glendale-based Yamada family who were incarcerated at Poston, Arizona.
Accused of No Crime: Japanese Incarceration in America in ReflectSpace Gallery and the PassageWay opens on May 29 and runs until July 8, 2018. The opening reception is on Friday June 1, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Accused of No Crime is co-curated by Ara and Anahid Oshagan. Accused of No Crime is made possible by a grant from the California State Library’s Civil Liberties Public Education Program.
Go For Broke Spirit
Sunday, June 3, 2:00 p.m., Downtown Central Library Auditorium
Photographer Shane Sato and Oral Historian Robert Horsting discuss their book highlighting 81 Japanese American World War II veterans. <Read More>
Citizen Tanouye
Saturday, June 23, 2:00 p.m., Downtown Central Library Auditorium
Citizen Tanouye, is a documentary that follows the three-day journey of eight high school students as they search for clues to uncover the lost story of local World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient Technical Sgt. Ted Tanouye of the highly decorated 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Also to be screened will be: Unknown Warriors of WWII <Read More>