CINECULTURE: American Pastime
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Denise Blum
Jan 15, 2008, 6:31:17 PM1/15/08
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Cineculture Club
presents:
American Pastime (2007)
Friday, January 18 @ 5:15PM
McLane 121 @ Fresno State
Free
Admission
American Pastime
(2007)
Director: Desmond Nakano. Unrated. 106 min. English.
"American Pastime" uses the iconic sport of baseball (and to a lesser extent, jazz) to illustrate both the frustration and humiliation experienced by Japanese Americans during their internment in World War II, as well as an expression of their patriotism and heroism. Set at Topaz Relocation Center near Abraham, Utah, the film focuses on two families on opposite sides of the fence dealing with the sacrifices and prejudices triggered by the war effort.
-Kevin Crust, LA Times
Director: Desmond Nakano. Unrated. 106 min. English.
"American Pastime" uses the iconic sport of baseball (and to a lesser extent, jazz) to illustrate both the frustration and humiliation experienced by Japanese Americans during their internment in World War II, as well as an expression of their patriotism and heroism. Set at Topaz Relocation Center near Abraham, Utah, the film focuses on two families on opposite sides of the fence dealing with the sacrifices and prejudices triggered by the war effort.
-Kevin Crust, LA Times
Post-screening
discussant: Kerry Yo Nakagawa (project director for the non-profit
Nisei Baseball Research Project (NBRP), curator of the Diamonds in
the Rough: Japanese Americans in Baseball exhibition which was
displayed at the National Museum in the summer of 2000, and an
independent producer/filmmaker, actor, researcher, and
writer)
Cineculture Club
promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening
discussion.
President: Roxanne Villaluz rock...@yahoo.com
President: Roxanne Villaluz rock...@yahoo.com
Advisor:
Denise Blum db...@csufresno.edu
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