and independent filmmaker with more than four decades of experience in media writing and production.

These pieces show the artists vision and life through immigration.JANM illuminates the stories and the rich cultural heritage of people of Japanese ancestry in the U.

On the importance of JANMs work to promote historical understanding through artistic expression.and post-war life is deeply personal to my own experience as a descendant of Japanese immigrants.I would like to thank JANM for illuminating the powerful narratives of Japanese Americans whose stories educate and empower this and future generations.

incarceration during World War II.The stories depicted in these pieces are the stories of many Japanese Americans.

My grandfather was a very successful businessman who lost everything and was incarcerated at the Heart Mountain concentration camp.

A child doing schoolwork in Hisako Hibis painting Study.which is putting millions of innocent civilians in harms way.

and especially for the loss of Wadea Al-Fayoume.heaping ongoing trauma onto communities.

killing Wadea and seriously injuring Hanaan.whether referring to the Palestinian people as animals or calling for the extinction of Israel as a nation.