Fri, Apr 07
|Honokaa
LOCAL MOVIE: OKAGESAMA DE - HAWAII NISEI WOMENS TRAJECTORY ALL AGES
$10 Adults/$5 keiki
Time & Location
Apr 07, 2023, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Honokaa, 45-3574 Mamane St, Honokaa, HI 96727, USA
About the Event
Producer Hiroyuki Matsumoto from Japan will be in attendance at the showing and has interviewed some of Honokaa and Big Island community which is featured in the film:
https://vimeo.com/711528753 Trailer
The documentary movie, "Okagesama de - Hawaii Nikkei Women’s Trajectory" preserves and tells the stories of Japanese immigrants in Hawaii. This follows "Go for Broke! Memories of Hawaii Japanese Nisei" which was completed in 2012. These two films describe the journey of Japanese immigrants from hardship and triumph to their lasting influence on Hawaiian and American culture.
From the Producer: After producing "Go for Broke!", We continued to interact with the Nisei veterans. In the process, I got to know Nisei women as well. And when I casually listened to their stories about the past, I learned that many of them had gone through the same hardships as the Issei.” We asked, “Don’t we also need a film that preserves women’s…