JANM Digital Film Festival Q&A—Madame Fujima Kansuma

Описание: "Madame Fujima Kansuma" shares the life of the celebrated Japanese American kabuki dancer and teacher with a career beginning in the early 1940s and spanning decades. Filmmaker Yuka Murakami was joined for a discussion around the legacy of Madame Kansuma with Madame Kansuma’s daughter, Miyako Tachibana, and longtime student, June Berk, who were both featured in the film produced for a celebration of Kansuma’s 100th birthday in 2018. As the third part of the JANM Digital Film Festival, this Q&A streamed live on June 26, 2020, explored her extensive career—including dancing and teaching during World War II while incarcerated at the Rohwer concentration camp, and the impact of her work today.

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This program was presented in partnership with Tadaima! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage (https://www.jampilgrimages.com/virtua...) by Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages. The film was produced for the program Fujima Kansuma: 100th Birthday Celebration, a co-presentation of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Japanese American National Museum, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, and the Alliance for California Traditional Arts. It received federal support from the Smithsonian Asian Pacific Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.

JANM DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL
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