Press

8.03.22
Sundance Announces Fellowship and Scholarship for AAPI Artists
Variety

10.27.21
Twenty Nonfiction Film Projects Receive Grants from Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program
Filmmaker Magazine

07.12.21
Nakamura and Boch Reflect on ‘Atomic Cafe: The Noisiest Corner in J-Town’
PBS

05.18.21
A New Generation of Storytellers Emerges
University of California

11.04.20
Tad Nakamura Continues His Father’s Legacy, Bringing Asian American Stories to Light
CAAM

11.01.20
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Reviews: “Death of Nintendo” and “Atomic Cafe: The Noisiest Corner in  J-Town”
When It Was Cool

10.30.20
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2020 review roundup (76 Days, Noodle Kid, Atomic Cafe)
Bad Feeling Magazine

10.29.20
Firelight Media Documentary Lab Names Its 2020 Fellows From Underrepresented Communities
Deadline

9.27.20
ATOMIC CAFE – Q&A with the filmmakers & Atomic Nancy (Video)
Japanese American National Museum

9.25.20
Atomic Café Film Review
Film Threat

9.25.20
You Belonged: Never Forget J-Town’s Atomic Cafe
Movies are my Boyfriend

9.9.20
Pilgrimage & Legacy: A Conversation on Filmmaking, Family, and History (Video)
Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages

9.01.20
Exhibition Review: At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America
University of California Press

9.27.19
DOC NYC Announces 2nd Annual “40 Under 40” List
DOC NYC

8.27.19
When Filmmaker and Subject are Father and Son: Tadashi and Robert Nakamura in Their “Third Act”
ITVS

7.18.20
Masters of Modern Design: The Art of the Japanese American Experience wins the Los Angeles Area Emmy in the Arts category
Deadline

6.26.19
Tad Nakamura, His Life and FSN 1972
Discover Nikkei

5.20.19
At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America
Japanese American National Museum

4.5.19
Four Freedoms Photographs – Behind the Scenes (Video)
Four Freedoms

2.2.19
ITVS Independents Summit
ITVS

8.3.18
Lights! Camera! Identity!
Pacific Citizen

5.9.18
CAAM-Funded Films Nominated for Emmy Awards
Center for Asian American Media

3.28.18
CAAM Announces National Minority Consortia Fellows
Center for Asian American Media

2.27.18
Filmmaker Spotlight: Tadashi Nakamura
Xfinity

8.8.17
Mele Murals: Street Art of Hawaii
Al Jazeera

5.2.17
Mele Murals: Post-screening conversation at NYU
Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU

11.3.16
The Making of Mele Murals
FLUX Magazine

10.21.16
Lead Story – “Mele Murals”, Art is Life. Film Chronicles the Story of the Life-changing Murals
The Hawai’i Herald

9.13.16
Why Hawaiian Graffiti Documentary ‘Mele Murals’ Is a Must-See
The Hundreds

8.1.16
8 QUESTIONS WITH: TAD NAKAMURA OF MELE MURALS
Imprint

7.29.16
CATCHING UP WITH TAD NAKAMURA
PART 2: CATCHING UP WITH TAD NAKAMURA
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center

7.23.16
Interview with Director Tadashi Nakamura of MELE MURALS
CineVue

5.25.16
‘Mele Murals’ Explores Native Hawaiian Identity through Urban Street Art
NBC News

5.22.15
TADASHI NAKAMURA ’03
UCLA Alumni

1.13.15
The Musician and the Moviemaker
Rafu Shimpo

10.17.14
Japanese American Filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura Wins GothamIndependent Film Award
Pacific Citizen

5.15.14
Culver City Native Wins National Film Award
Culver City Observer

12.16.13
Q&A WITH ‘LIFE ON FOUR STRINGS’ FILMMAKER TADASHI NAKAMURA
Center for Asian American Media

9.30.13
From the VC Vault: Tad Nakamura
Visual Communications

5.10.13
INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE: THE WORKS OF TADASHI NAKAMURA
Hyphen

5.3.13
Tadashi Nakamura – Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings
Halo Halo with Kat Iniba

2.10.13
In Conversation with Tad Nakamura
Asia Society

2.24.11
Tadashi Nakamura
UNITY Lab

1.21.10
From Grassroots to the Silver Screen: A Song For Ourselves
International Examiner

5.20.09
30 UNDER 30: TAD NAKAMURA
Angry Asian Man

2.28.09
Tadashi Nakamura completes his documentary trilogy about Asian Americans
Los Angeles Times

1.13.08
Graduate student’s film featured at Sundance Film Festival
UC Santa Cruz

5.13.07
Get to know an Asian American Filmmaker: Tadashi Nakamura, PILGRIMAGE
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival