YONSEI
Directed by Jeff Mizushima, Rachel Michiko WhitneyCast: Denice Kumagai, Elizabeth Reiko Kubota Whitney, Florence Kubota, George Takei, Joey Miyashima, Marilyn Tokuda, Rachel Michiko Whitney
- Documentary Features
- Japan, USA
- Documentary, Family, History, Hybrid, Women
- English
- Subtitled
- 2025
- 37 mins
- World premiere
Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.
Feeling stuck in her acting career, RACHEL decides to write and star in a film about her mother, who was a struggling Japanese American actress in 1980s Hollywood. But as she tries to adapt her mother’s story, and digs deeper into her grandmother’s history being sent to and falling in love in a Japanese American incarceration camp during WWII, she is torn between exploiting her family and friends to create a compelling narrative and honoring their privacy.
Film Content Advisory: Flashing Images
Credits
Writer: Rachel Michiko Whitney, Jeff Mizushima
Producer: Rachel Michiko Whitney, Jeff Mizushima
Co-Producer: Junya Sakino, Sam Yano
Dates & Times
Democracy Center @ JANM
May 7, 2025
6:00 pm