Out of the Dust
Directed by Brian Staufenbiel, Yayoi KambaraCast: Erik Debono, Kaia Makihara, Lani Yamanaka, Maile Okamura, Mark Yamanaka, Mimi Jacobsen, Momoe Luce Kambara-Coughlin, PJ Hirabayashi, Yayoi Kambara
- USA
- History, Human Rights
- Japanese
- 2023
- 18 mins
- Los Angeles premiere
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shareThe film goes through multiple fictional historical ghosts who were forcefully removed from their homes and placed in Manzanar Detention Camp in the Eastern Sierra Dessert. The late San Francisco poet laureate Janice Mirikitani, guides the dance film through her poetry to guide the ghosts who come to life.
Film Advisory Content: Incarceration
Credits
Writer: Yayoi Kambara, Brian Staufenbiel
Producer: Courtney Ozaki
Executive Producer: Courtney Ozaki
Director of Photography: David Murakami
Editor: Sam Clevenger
Production Designer: Yayoi Kambara, Brian Staufenbiel, Maile Okamura
Composer: Miles Lassi, Paul Chihara, PJ Hirabayashi, Roy Hirabayashi, Colin Jacobsen
Sound Designer: Miles Lassi
Music: Miles Lassi, Paul Chihara, PJ Hirabayashi, Roy Hirabayashi, Colin Jacobsen
Plays in
MANZANAR + OUT OF THE DUST
Experience reflections of Manzanar through dance and moving images, in honor of the works by Janice Mirikatani and VC Founding Director Robert A. Nakamura.
