On Saturday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. television news anchor Wendy Tokuda and Kimi Hill, the granddaughter of artist and UC Berkeley instructor Chiura Obata, and author of the book honoring his legacy, “Topaz Moon: Chiura Obata’s Art of the Internment” will speak about their families’ experiences during World War II in the Japanese-American internment camps. “Remembering, 80 years later” is the second event in the series:”Never Again: An exploration of life, music, and art in the camps”
Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir Ancora will perform “Nagasaki” — a piece composed by their director, Eric Tuan — about the dropping of the atomic bomb on that city in 1945. Tuan’s grandmother survived the blast.
Tickets available HERE.
The third event is the a film on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. “Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066” by Jon Osaki. is a documentary about the false information and political influence which led to the World War II incarceration of Japanese-Americans.
After the screening, film-maker Osaki will discuss the case and the film with Don Tamaki, the attorney instrumental in getting Fred Korematsu’s conviction vacated by the Federal District Court in 1983.