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Virtual Event: Remembering James Wakasa: Film Screening and Discussion with Filmmakers

Free livestream via Zoom

3 films + discussion with filmmakers

Murder in the High Desert (20 min) by Emiko Omori

Wakasa Spirit Stone (7 min) by Glenn Mitsui

Spirit Rock (4 min) by Claudia Katayanagi

James Wakasa was shot and killed by a guard on April 11, 1943 at Topaz concentration camp during WWII. Join us to discuss buried history, his WWII monument, and the Wakasa Spirit Stone, a washi sculpture made by camp survivors and descendants that is being taken in remembrance to the places where camp inmates were shot and killed by the military.

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