The Governor's Advisory Commission on ASIAN PACFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS IS
PROUD TO PRESENT AN ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH FILM
SCREENING AT THE STATE MUSEUM. This mixed program of doc and
narrative shorts explores the similarities and differences between
anti-Japanese sentiment that led to the community’s mass
incarceration during WWII and Islamophobic bigotry in the post-9/11
Era. The block of six shorts is evenly split between Japanese American
and Muslim/Sikh/South Asian stories for an evocative program meant to
provoke conversation about these startling parallels
_Five O'Clock Shadow_ filmmaker Sangeeta Agrawal expected in
attendance for post-film Q&A with program curator Rob Buscher.
MOVING WALLS
Director: Sharon Yamato | 25 mins | USA
What happened to the scores of barracks used to house 120,000 Japanese
Americans during WWII? At one camp built on government land in a
remote area in Wyoming, they were sold for a dollar apiece to GI
homesteaders settling the West after the war. This short doc delves
into the intersection of mass incarceration and homesteading farmers
as one group’s American nightmare became part of the American dream
for another.
THE CRYSTAL CITY
Director: Kenya Gillespie | 13 mins | USA
Combining present-day and archival footage, this short doc explores
the physical remains of the Crystal City Incarceration Camp and the
memories of its Japanese American survivors.
FIVE O’CLOCK SHADOW
Director: Sangeeta Agrawal | 7 mins | USA
An Indian American mother experiences racial abuse, causing her worst
fears to rise to the surface. For the first time ever, she asks the
question – do we really belong here?
PAGG
Director: Nardeep Khurmi | 17 mins | USA
In the aftermath of a hate crime, a Sikh American man grapples with
his fears and anxieties as he attempts to celebrate the 4th of July
with his wife and infant son. As tensions rise through various
microaggressions and racially charged encounters, he makes a tragic
decision that changes his identity forever.
THREE BOYS IN MANZANAR
Director: Preeti Deb | 7 mins | USA
This short doc tells the story of three Japanese American men from an
iconic photo taken at Manzanar Incarceration Camp in their boyhood,
reuniting 70-years later.
SURVIVING SURVEILLANCE
Director: Sarah Khan | 9 mins | USA
Since 9/11 Muslim Americans have been mapped, surveilled, and
entrapped by the NYPD. This short doc provides insight into the
struggles of one family impacted by these questionable policing
practices.
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