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Featured Film
"GREAT GRANDFATHER'S DRUM" |
| "Great
Grandfather's Drum" was presented at Aki Matsuri as a donation
for Japan Relief by Opticus
Media and producers Victoria & Cal Lewin, Maui Taiko, the
Fukushima Kenjin Kai, Peace
Winds America, Regional
Taiko Group, Lake Washington JACL, and the Eastside Nihon Matsuri
Association. Donations benefited the Northeast Japan (Tohoku) recovery
efforts. |
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Maui
Taiko performs during a visit to their ancestors' homeland of Fukushima,
Japan
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Great
Grandfather's Drum
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"DVD:
Great Grandfather's Drum"
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The
award-winning documentary "Great Grandfather's Drum" celebrates
Japanese-American culture and history in Hawai'i. It is an inspiring
century-long story of struggle and success in the greatest American
tradition, of plantation life, patriotic heroism during World War
II, and helping to create statehood for Hawai'i. The story unfolds through an intimate and joyful portrait of Maui Taiko, a contemporary Japanese-American drum ensemble, descendants of plantation workers, and by elders who lived this history. Kay Fukumoto and her family formed Maui Taiko to continue the tradition of Obon Taiko music brought to Hawai'i from Fukushima, Japan by her great grandfather and others a century ago. Experience Maui Taiko's dynamic performances on the giant drums, and travel with them on a heartfelt journey back to Fukushima to seek their ancestral roots. These families handed down taiko traditions through five generations in Hawai'i. Taiko is a living part of their community today. |
"Great Grandfather's Drum" unlocks the door to a colorful culture that is unique to Hawai'i, a world seldom seen by people outside the community. Americans of Japanese ancestry are one of the largest ethnic groups in Hawai'i. The film was recently broadcast on PBS Hawai'i, it has been selected for showing at the 2011 Yamagata Film Festival in Japan (the largest documentary film festival in Asia), and has been honored with a 2011 Telly Award. It will be shown on Hawaiian Airlines flights between Hawai'i and Japan beginning in October 2011. Producer Victoria Lewin, director Cal Lewin and star taiko musician Kay Fukumoto from Hawai'i will be present to answer questions. For preview ... |
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