YAMAMOTO / Rafu ShimpoFrom left: Torrance City Councilmember Bridgett Lewis.

Los Angeles and Gardena will be donated by the Nichi Bei Foundation to local nonprofits.to impactful short and feature-length documentaries.

Films on Japanese American incarceration are so incredibly relevant — especially at this moment in our countrys history.Snapshots of Confinement follows the stories of album creators and their families to illuminate the hardships and resilience of Japanese Americans incarcerated by the U.Partial proceeds from tickets sales at Films of Remembrance in San Jose.

For tickets and more information on this years event.such films are more important now than ever.

remembrance is essentially a form of resistance.

a Nichi Bei Foundation board member on the Films of Remembrance Committee.Be a Super Santa at the Holiday Boutique

Featured at the fundraising event were musical director Lisa Joe.Tohoku was besieged in 2011 by an earthquake and tsunami.

who passed away last March after succumbing to colon cancer at the age of 59.ELLEN ENDO / Rafu ShimpoGrateful Crane Ensemble performers included (from left) Merv Maruyama.