CENTERPIECE DOCUMENTARY
NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT
Directed by Tadashi Nakamura, Quyên Nguyen-Le
Documentary | 55 Minutes | English | Boston Premiere
Preceded by Musical Introduction by Judo Club and Stop Asian Hate Love One Another by Perry Yung
- Friday, Oct. 18, 6:00PM EST
- Emerson Paramount Center
- 559 Washington St. Boston, MA
- Q&A with filmmakers
NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT is a sweeping documentary that follows the life of 84-year-old artist-activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her work that changed Asian America forever.
After decades of groundbreaking cultural work that unites communities and sets the bar for Asian American storytelling, Miyamoto reflects on a life that has bridged coasts, industries, families, and history. Featuring rare archival footage, NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT is a story of a changing community told through the singular life of one of its most beloved storytellers.
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TADASHI NAKAMURA is an Emmy-award winning filmmaker and the Director of the Watase Media Arts Center, a production company of the Japanese American National Museum. Tadashi was named CNN’s “Young People Who Rock” for being the youngest filmmaker at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Now with over 20 years of filmmaking experience, his films include MELE MURALS (2016), JAKE SHIMABUKURO: LIFE ON FOUR STRINGS (2013), A SONG FOR OURSELVES (2009), and PILGRIMAGE (2006). He is currently working on THIRD ACT, about his pioneering filmmaker father, Robert A. Nakamura, and his current battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
QUYÊN NGUYEN-LE (they/them) is a daytime emmy nominated queer vietnamese filmmaker born to refugee parents where Chumash and Tongva lands meet (San Fernando Valley, Los Ángeles). Quyên’s film work focuses on the ways histories are deeply felt in the quotidian everyday.
Quyên’s work has been supported by Kartemquin Films, Points North Institute, Center for Asian American Media, the National Multicultural Alliance’s Producer Lab, Visual Communications, and the California Arts Council.
STop Asian Hate, Love One Another (precedes Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song In Movement)
SHORT FILM
STOP ASIAN HATE, LOVE ONE ANOTHER
Directed by Perry Yung
Documentary | 8 minutes | English | New England Premiere
A musical journey into a remedy for hate.
Director’s Bio – Perry Yung
Perry Yung is an American actor and musician from Oakland, CA. He plays Father Jun in Cinemax’s Warrior, produced by Justin Lin, Shannon Lee (Bruce Lee’s daughter) and Jonathan Tropper (Banshee show creator). He was fan favorite Ping Wu on Steven Soderbergh’s The Knick and has guest starred on Gotham, The Blacklist, Blue Bloods and was Top of Show on The Equalizer. Principle roles in films include The Harvest, Condemned, Jade Pendant and John Wick:Chapter 2. Perry is a member of La Mama Theater’s Great Jones Repertory Company of New York City.
