BAAFF 2010 Feature: AOKI, with Infamy
Friday, November 12, 2010 || 7:00pm
Co-Presented by Discover Roxbury, Boston Center for Community and Justice, and New England Japanese American Citizens League
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AOKI
2009 | 94 mins | Documentary
Directed by Mike Cheng & Ben Wang
Paramount Center, Bright Family Screening Room
559 Washington Street, Boston, MA
Synopsis:
AOKI is a documentary film chronicling the life of Richard Aoki (1938-2009), a third generation Japanese American who became one of the founding members of the Black Panther Party. Filmed over the last five years of Richard's life, this documentary features extensive footage with Richard and exclusive interviews with his comrades, friends, and former students.
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Infamy
2008 | 4 mins | Drama
Directed by Kevin Senzaki
Synopsis:
The pain of the past becomes the reality of the present on the morning of September 12th, 2001 for second-generation Japanese-American George Kojima. Witnessing a government backlash to 9/11 that parallels his own experiences during the Second World War as a young man, George must question his trust and faith in the United States, which he has spent his life fighting to preserve.
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