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  • Los Angeles Premiere of Third Act at the 41st LA Asian Pacific Film Festival

    May 03, 2025

    JANM is proud to present the Los Angeles premiere of Third Act at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival on May 3. Generations of artists call Robert A. Nakamura “the godfather of Asian American media,” but his son and the director of JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, Tadashi Nakamura, calls him Dad. As Parkinson’s disease clouds Robert’s memory, Tad sets out to retrieve his story—and in the process discovers his...

  • The Ireichō at the Washington, DC 2025 Day of Remembrance

    Feb 18, 2025

    Join JANM in Washington D.C. for a partnership Day of Remembrance (DOR) program with the National Archives, the National Archives Foundation, The Irei Project, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, and the Japanese American Citizens League about The Ireichō, Book of Names, and the launch of its national tour.Moderated by Dr. Colleen Shogan of the National Archives, the program features panelists ...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

    Jan 21, 2025

    Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, coauthor of Farewell to Manzanar. Born in Inglewood, California, on September 26, 1934, she grew up in Santa Monica. Her mother cared for their family of ten ch...

  • Excavating: The Process of Storytelling

    Oct 06, 2024

    Join us for a film screening of the documentary, One Fighting Irishman, followed by a panel discussion focusing on the ways in which activists are delving into camp history for their many untold and, at times, misrepresented stories. Filmmaker Sharon Yamato will moderate a panel consisting of the following activists: Tule Lake Pilgrimage Committee chairman Hiroshi Shimizu, Tule Lake Stockade Diary publisher Kyoko Oda...

  • Book Launch Celebration—RISE: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now

    Mar 04, 2022

    FREE Join for a celebration of the new book RISE: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, and Philip Wang. RISE is a love letter to and for Asian Americans—a vivid scrapbook of voices, emotions, and memories from an era in which our culture was forged and transformed, and a way to preserve both the headlines and the intimate conversations that have shaped our community in...

  • JANM’S NOVEMBER FREE FAMILY DAY CELEBRATES THE DIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES

    Oct 19, 2017

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will celebrate the diverse mix of cultures that make up Los Angeles with a JANM Free Family Day on November 11, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the museum and its “We Love LA” Family Day activities—including crafts, story time, a dance workshop, and a musical performance—is free and all ages are welcome. “We Love LA” is presented in conjunction with the exh...

  • AUTHOR OF 'ONE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES' TO DISCUSS STORY OF SADAKO AT OPENING OF 'FOLDING PAPER' EXHIBITION

    Feb 25, 2012

    Pastor Takayuki Ishii will discuss his book, One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue, as part of the opening day festivities for the exhibition, Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami, on Saturday, March 10, at the Japanese American National Museum. This new exhibition, which runs through August 26, is organized in partnership with International Arts & Artists (IA&...

  • Border Crossings Screening: "Cultures of Resistance"

    May 21, 2011

    Cultures of Resistance (2010), Directed by Iara Lee Border Crossings: An Ongoing Exploration of Community & Society Through Cinema & Media Arts Presented by Visual Communications. Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, is pleased to inaugurate an ongoing series at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Select works ranging from politics to horror, from live-action to anime ...

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  • A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami - FAQ

    Frequently Asked Questions There are three versions of the video. What is the difference between the Virtual Reality (VR) version; the interactive, 360-degree video; and the non-interactive video shown in the Terasaki Orientation Theater? Virtual Reality is a three-dimensional (3-D) immersive audio visual experience in which a person can interact within an artificial 3-D environment using special goggle...