Film Screening | Omoiyari: A Song Film by Kishi Bashi

When

Monday February 19, 2024: 6:00pm to 7:30pm  Add to Calendar /   Add to Google Calendar

Where

Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room

Description

Join us for a screening of Omoiyari: A Song Film by Kishi Bashi.

Violinist and songwriter Kaoru Ishibashi travels on a musical journey to understand WWII-era Japanese incarceration, assimilation, and what it means to be a minority in America today.

When a media interview links the Muslim Travel Ban and the immigration crisis at the USA-Mexico border with the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during WWII, Bashi goes on a journey to learn about this history and its relevance. Along the way, he improvises and writes music in an effort to better understand his own identity as a bi-cultural American. Using never before seen archival footage from the camps, mixed with breathtaking visual storytelling, Kaoru weaves a story using history, music and current events to create a portrait of America from the perspective of someone caught between two worlds.

This 74-minute film is unrated.