Oregon Nikkei Endowment is proud to present the Portland
debut of Hidden Legacy: Japanese
Traditional Arts in the World War II Internment Camps. Through historical footage and
interviews with artists, this documentary film tells the story of how
traditional Japanese cultural arts were maintained at a time when over 120,000
persons of Japanese ancestry, over two-thirds of whom were American citizens,
were forcibly removed from their homes on the West Coast and incarcerated in America’s
internment camps. For this one-day-only event, the screen and stage will come
alive with a concert by master koto player Shirley Kazuyo Muramato-Wong and a Japanese classical
dance performance by the Sahomi Tachibana Dancers. Attendees will be also able
to participate in a question and answer session with the filmmaker and artists.
All
proceeds will go directly to support programs at the Oregon Nikkei Legacy
Center, a Japanese American history museum located in Old
Town/Chinatown.
This event is co-sponsored by
