HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER
The first feature narrative written, directed and produced by Japanese Americans is Hito Hata: Raise the Banner. This is the first known screening of the film in Washington, DC! Aging issei (first-generation Japanese American), Oda, recounts his life, an American history from an Asian American perspective: from the transcontinental railroad, into the Japanese American concentration camps, to his later life joining with community members standing against social injustice. In person: Co-Director: Duane Kubo
Film Credit
Robert Nakamura and Duane Kubo
Director
1980
Year
United States
Country
English and Japanese with English subtitles
Language
86 minutes
Run time
Narrative
