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Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement

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Feb 22 | 1:30 pm

Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement

A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE EVENT
Tadashi Nakamura, Quyên Nguyen-Le, Co-Directors

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Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement is a sweeping documentary that follows the life of 84-year-old artist-activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her work that changed Asian America forever.

After decades of groundbreaking cultural work that unites communities and sets the bar for Asian American storytelling, Miyamoto reflects on a life that has bridged coasts, industries, families, and history. Featuring rare archival footage, NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT is a story of a changing community told through the singular life of one of its most beloved storytellers.

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Venue

Bright Family Screening Room (BFSR)
559 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111

Dates

Feb 22, 2025 | 1:30 pm

Details

55 min

Free Screening

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Saturday, Feb 22, 2025

1:30 PM

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Artists

TADASHI NAKAMURA

TADASHI NAKAMURA is an Emmy-award winning filmmaker and the Director of the Watase Media Arts Center, a production company of the Japanese American National Museum. Tadashi was named CNN’s “Young People Who Rock” for being the youngest filmmaker at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Now with over 20 years of filmmaking experience, his films include MELE MURALS (2016), JAKE SHIMABUKURO: LIFE ON FOUR STRINGS (2013), A SONG FOR OURSELVES (2009), and PILGRIMAGE (2006). He is currently working on THIRD ACT, about his pioneering filmmaker father, Robert A. Nakamura, and his current battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

Tadashi has an M.A. in Social Documentation from UC Santa Cruz and a B.A. in Asian American Studies from UCLA. He made the DOC NYC ‘40 Under 40’ list in 2019 and was a 2020-2022 Firelight Media Documentary Lab Fellows and a 2022-2023 Sundance Asian American Fellow. He is currently a mentor for the 2024 CAAM Fellowship and recipient of the 2024 Rockwood Documentary Leaders Fellowship.

QUYEN NGUYEN-LE (they/them)

QUYEN NGUYEN-LE (they/them) is a daytime emmy nominated queer vietnamese filmmaker born to refugee parents where Chumash and Tongva lands meet (San Fernando Valley, Los Ángeles). Quyên’s film work focuses on the ways histories are deeply felt in the quotidian everyday.

Quyên’s work has been supported by Kartemquin Films, Points North Institute, Center for Asian American Media, the National Multicultural Alliance’s Producer Lab, Visual Communications, and the California Arts Council.

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The New England Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (NEJACL) was founded in 1948 to support civil rights initiatives related to the claims of incarcerated Japanese Americans. After a hiatus, the chapter was reactivated in 1979 to respond to the unique needs of a widespread Japanese American community in New England. Today, the NEJACL holds regular events related to Asian American civil rights activism and the sustaining of Japanese American culture in the region.

New England’s Largest Asian American Film Festival
The Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) empowers Asian Americans through film by showcasing Asian American experiences and serving as a resource to filmmakers and the Greater Boston Community. BAAFF is a co-production of Asian American Resource Workshop and ArtsEmerson.

The Asian Community Fund (ACF) at the Boston Foundation is the first and only philanthropic fund in Massachusetts dedicated to activating, convening, and supporting the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Launched in 2020, ACF is a permanent resource designed to galvanize and unite the diverse ethnicities within the AAPI community, incubate new partnerships, and build a stronger advocacy voice.

Feb 22 | 1:30 pm

Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement

In Partnership with:

Co-Presented by:

Info

Venue

Dates

Feb 22, 2025 | 1:30 pm

Details

55 min

Free Screening

Tickets

Saturday, Feb 22, 2025

1:30 PM

Artists

TADASHI NAKAMURA

QUYEN NGUYEN-LE (they/them)

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