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Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.
Before one story comes full circle, we look back at where it began — in dialogue between a father and son, each behind the camera. TWO ACTS brings together Robert Nakamura’s quietly poetic Manzanar, made as a student in the UCLA EthnoCommunications program, and Tadashi Nakamura’s Pilgrimage, a powerful portrait of community resistance and remembrance. Together, these films trace not just a legacy of activism and identity, but a lineage of storytelling.
In this program
MANZANAR
Directed by Robert A. Nakamura
Created by Robert Nakamura as a graduate student in UCLA’s Ethnocommunications Program, Manzanar is a lyrical and pensive documentary in which a nisei reflects on his childhood incarceration at the Manzanar camp and the enduring effects of internment on his adult life.
PILGRIMAGE
Directed by Tadashi Nakamura
PILGRIMAGE tells the inspiring story of how an abandoned WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans has been transformed into a symbol of retrospection and solidarity for people of all ages, races and nationalities in our post 9/11 world.
Dates & Times
Directors Guild of America
May 2, 2025
7:00 pm
