This series traces the hidden history of Little Tokyo and Boyle Heights in Los Angeles through the arts, culture, and activism of Japanese American and Chicano/a/x residents.
4 episodes x 15 minutes
Producer/Director
Rubén Guevara III is an Emmy Award-nominated Chicano filmmaker based in Los Angeles. His most recent project, Con Safos, aired on PBS SoCal’s Artbound, and received two National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards. He is a National Endowment for the Humanities and ITVS Development Fellow, and a California Humanities CDP Grant recipient.
Producer
Natsu Furuichi is a Japanese American producer born and raised in Tokyo, and based in Los Angeles. She’s produced a wide range of content at creative agency Wondros, and health-tech company Tonal. Her notable works include the award-winning, short-form docuseries Dreams produced with NBA Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley.
Director/Editor
Jun Shimizu is an award-winning director, writer, and editor hailing from the border of France/ Switzerland. He has worked in various creative capacities with nonprofits such as UNESCO and UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance, as well as award-winning production companies TK Digital, mitú, Wondros, Superlative, Zambezi, and Netflix.