The festival welcomed many Nikkei LGBTQ+guests including drag performance queens: Bibi Discoteca (they/she) and Gia Gunn (she/her).

the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute and Visual Communications presented a screening of short films and a panel discussion with the filmmakers on May 18 at GVJCI.YAMAMOTO / Rafu ShimpoFront row.

She worked a few years in the industry.who gets to combine a lifelong curiosity about people and their stories with a new way to move our communities forward by creating short documentaries.He continues to support the Asian American community through sports and media arts.

She also enjoys researching family histories and finding out how our stories fit into the larger American experience.from left: Teresa Takaki Matsushima.

chronicles her familys mochitsuki.

traded snow boots for slippahs and grew up as a Gardena girl.the story personally resonated.

I’ve come to appreciate even more the story of the Nisei soldiers who fought for their country.My great-grandfather Mosaku Asada was one of 5.

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