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 CROSSOVER
takes you on a fast-breaking journey into the 70-year old
phenomenon of the Japanese American basketball leagues.
Established in the 1930s when opportunities to play competitive
sports were limited, today the leagues are stronger than
ever with over 20,000 players organized in innumerable leagues
each of which have numerous organizations, divisions, teams
and tournaments. Now faced with a vastly different social
profile, CROSSOVER looks at the many sides of the so-called
ethnicity rules and the geographically dispersed and ethnically
diffused Japanese American communities in addition to the
"family, friends and fun" that the leagues have bolstered
through the decades. With guest appearances by legendary
coach John Wooden and NBA veteran Rex Walters
who began his basketball career in the JA leagues.
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| DIRECTOR'S
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Both
technically and aesthetically savvy, Lin is also an accomplished
filmmaker as well as the Post-Production Supervisor for the
Media Arts Center of the Japanese American National Museum.
His award-winning feature-length film, SHOPPING FOR FANGS,
which the Los Angeles Times called "a jaunty dark comedy
fresh and engaging." Not only has he orchestrated the building
of the Media Art Centeršs new state-of-the-art post production
studio, he directed the critically acclaimed 8-screen video
installation J-TOWN RHAPSODY and is directing CROSSOVER, a
26 minute fast-breaking look at the phenomenon of the Japanese
American basketball leagues. Lin has a MFA in film from UCLA.
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| PRODUCTION
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Director:
JUSTIN LIN
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| Producers:
JULIE ASATO, JUSTIN LIN |
| Executive
Producers: KAREN ISHZUKA, ROBERT A. NAKAMURA |
| Post Production/Digital
Effects: DARIC LOO |
| Camera:
PATRICE COCHET, JOHN ESAKI, STEVE HERR, JUSTIN LIN, DARIC LOO,
VIVIAN WONG, STANLEY YUNG |
| 26 minutes.
Color |
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