BUY DVD – Personal Purchase BUY DVD – Institutional Purchase BUY DVD + STREAMING – Institutional Purchase BUY DVD + STREAMING + SCREENING – Institutional Purchase (2016) TRT: 64 Min. Mele Murals is a documentary on the transformative power of modern graffiti art and ancient Hawaiian culture for a new generation of Native Hawaiians.
BUY DVD or DOWNLOAD INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASE (2013) TRT: 56 Min. A production of the Center for Asian American Media and Pacific Islanders in Communications, Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings is a compelling portrait of an inspiring and inventive musician whose virtuoso skills on the ukulele have transformed all previous notions of the instrument’s potential.
BUY DVD INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASE (2009) TRT: 35 Min. A SONG FOR OURSELVES is an intimate journey into the life and music of Asian American Movement troubadour Chris Iijima. Struggling to make sense of their father’s early death, his teenage sons learn that during the 1970s when Asians in America were still considered “Orientals,” Chris’ music and passion for social justice helped provide the voice and identity an entire generation had been in search of. Through animated photographs, intimate home movies, archival footage of Chris’ introduction to nationwide television by John Lennon and Chris’ own songs, their father’s life takes on bigger meaning than they had ever dreamed of.
PURCHASE DVD INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASE (2006) TRT: 22 Min. PILGRIMAGE tells the inspiring story of how an abandoned WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans has been transformed into a symbol of retrospection and solidarity for people of all ages, races and nationalities in our post 9/11 world.
INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASE (2003) TRT: 18 Min. YELLOW BROTHERHOOD is a short personal documentary about a friendship and finding community through a self-help group turned basketball team that began in the 1960s.