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Almost Sunrise
Haunted by memories of war, two Iraq veterans walk together across America and discover an unlikely way to recovery.
Gripped by Parkinson’s disease, renowned filmmaker Robert A. Nakamura reflects on his life, legacy, and the future of democracy in the United States.
Emmy nominated filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura was named one of CNN’s “Young People Who Rock” for being the youngest filmmaker at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and listed as one of the “Top Rising Asian American Directors” on IMDb. The fourth-generation Japanese American recently completed Mele Murals, a documentary on the transformative power of modern… Show more
Originally from the Philippines, Marty is two-time Emmy¨ nominated filmmaker whose first film GIVE UP TOMORROW premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival where it won the Audience Award and Special Jury Prize. The film went on to win 18 awards and has been seen by over 50 million viewers worldwide. His second feature, ALMOST SUNRISE won a CINE Golden Eagle… Show more
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Pioneering Asian-American filmmaker Robert A. Nakamura, known as “the Godfather of Asian-American media,” reflects on his life and work across 50 years. Suffering from Parkinson’s disease and depression, Nakamura converses with his son, Tad, also a filmmaker. A survivor of America’s WWII concentration camp in Manzanar, the elder Nakamura expresses his concerns with the national amnesia toward bigotry and the rise of xenophobia in contemporary American life. As Tad struggles to cope with his father’s illness, the film develops into a soul-searching, filmmaker-to-filmmaker conversation on historical trauma and the future of democracy.
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