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Memories flood the screen through home videos, a school yearbook, a sweet shop, and more. These non-fiction shorts turn a kind gaze upon different communities in the moments of uncertainty and transformation. — Udval Altangerel
In this program
BACON AND THE BOYS RAISE A FLAG
Directed by: Yuka Murakami | 15 mins
Former incarcerees who were Boy Scouts together at the Heart Mountain internment camp are unexpectedly asked to raise a US flag at the camp pilgrimage’s opening ceremony.
CLOSING ANNISA
Directed by: Sophie Luo | 11 mins
Acclaimed chef Anita Lo says goodbye to her fine dining restaurant Annisa, after 17 years in New York’s West Village.
CULTIVATING RESILIENCE IN A PANDEMIC
Directed by: Corinne Chin | 6 mins
For Seattle’s Hmong flower farmers, the coronavirus lockdown was not the first time they’ve had to overcome what felt impossible.
FUGETSU-DO
Directed by: Kaia Rose | 13 mins
An intimate portrait of the 117-year-old Japanese sweet shop that has become a memory bank for the Little Tokyo community.
FUJIN
Directed by: Rachel Makana'aloha O Kauikeolani Nakawatase | 6 mins
The filmmaker’s great-grandmother and aunties get ready for a night out.
H.A.G.S. (HAVE A GOOD SUMMER)
Directed by: Sean Wang | 9 mins
A portrait of growing up, told through the pages of the filmmaker’s middle school yearbook.
TO KNOW HER
Directed by: Natalie A. Chao | 15 mins
A poetic exploration of the camera’s gaze and a family’s relationship with the filmmaker’s mother.
