with filmmaker Rea Tajiri
Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, director Rea Tajiri's film tackles the minefield between cultural history and personal memory. After being visited by her sister's ghost, a rebellious 16-year-old Japanese-American girl (Suzy Nakamura) hits the road in search of a better life. Hooking up with activist friends along the way, she discovers that her parents were incarcerated in a World War II internment camp. Shown with Tajiri's short film Little Murders (19 mins). 35mm Cosponsored with FGSS, the Asian American Studies Program and the American Studies Program.
1997, color, 1 hour 26 minutes, USA