Review provided by Paul Mayer NMACL’s J-film/anime resident Otaku. By Justin Chang Los Angeles Times Film Critic Aug. 11, 2022 4:14 PM PT The phantom that haunts the eccentric Japanese rock opera “Inu-oh” is not the comeliest of creatures — not at first, anyway. Like most of the hallucinatory sights and transporting sounds in this feature-length […]
Finding Moon Rabbit
written by JC Kato and JC2 Koko’s family is removed from their homes and sent to Heart Mountain, WY during WWII. She tries to become a Girl Scout so she can greet her father when he joins them from Santa Fe camp. While living in the internment camp, she learns the true meaning of GAMAN, […]
Speaking Nikkei
Join the JACL Young Professionals Caucus for their latest podcasts! In the episode above, Zara and Dylan interview the newly elected JACL YPC representative and a long-time JACL member to discuss, Enough is Now, Weaving Together our Intergenerational Stories. You can find Speaking Nikkei on your favorite podcast sites. About the Podcast Once, long ago, […]
Japanese Films
COMING IN AUGUST to THE GUILD CINEMA3405 CENTRAL AVE. NEALBUQUERQUE, NM 87106tel: (505)255-1848fax: (505)232-9385www.guildcinema.com INU-OH – view a trailerAug 28 to Aug 31Sunday thru Wednesday 8pmDir. Masaaki Yuasa – 2021 – 97m – Japan – In Japanese with English subtitles From visionary director Masaaki Yuasa (MIND GAME. THE NIGHT IS SHORT WALK ON GIRL), hailed by IndieWire as “one of […]
Asian Expo + Marketplace in Albuquerque
August 19-20, 2022 Business ExpoFriday August 19, 9-3 New Mexico Asian Film FestivalFriday, August 19, 6PM – 9PM API MarketplaceSaturday, August 20, 12PM – 6PM More info on website: https://asianexponm.com
2022 National JACL Convention
Join us August 3 to 7 in Las Vegas for “Strengthening Our Community Through Action”! Let’s unite and reunite, in-person and virtually, to take action for our community! After having to cancel the 2020 Convention due to COVID-19, the 2022 Convention’s theme is “Strengthening Our Community Through Action”, which also builds upon last year’s theme […]
Tsuru for Solidarity
Newsletter – Tsuru of Solidarity Enjoy the very first JIZO April 2022 Newsletter https://nmjacl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/JIZO.Newsletter.Issue_.1.Final_.4.25.22.pdf
2022 Natsumatsuri Family Festival
Saturday, Aug 13, 202111:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDTJapanese American National Museum100 North Central AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90012 Join us for the in-person return of the Natsumatsuri Festival, our annual summer celebration featuring free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages!
Miyamura: Journey from ‘enemy alien’ to American hero
Miyamura: Journey from ‘enemy alien’ to American hero Copyright © 2018 Albuquerque Journal Editor’s Note: Hiroshi Miyamura watched a lot of the Winter Olympics in South Korea. But just the mention of the country brings back a flood of memories. He talked about his heroic role in what is known as America’s forgotten war, in […]
Fort Stanton (Old Raton Ranch)
In late January of 1942, 32 Japanese residents of Clovis, New Mexico, were uprooted from their homes and sent to an isolated, little-known confinement camp near Fort Stanton, called the Old Raton Ranch. The Clovis residents included the families of ten Japanese who were employed by the Santa Fe Railroad (primarily as machinists with top […]