Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Film Screening: Films featured in Cultural Confluence
Join us as we screen 3 films featured in our exhibit Cultural Confluence.
When:
August 4, 2011 5:30pm to 12:00am
Where
Cedar and Bamboo (2010, 22 min.) is the story of the Chinese in Canada and how they have created unique relations and shared experiences with indigenous peoples since landing there so many generations ago. Filmmakers Diana Leung and Kamala Todd explore those relationships through the lives of four people of Chinese and Aboriginal ancestry.
Maria Tallchief (2007, 57 min.) focuses on the life and artistry of a woman who rose from an Indian community in Oklahoma to become America's first prima ballerina. Filmmakers Sandra Osawa and Yasu Osawa take you through Tallchief's life and how she changed ballet in America.
The Osawa filmmakers also tell the story of Princess Angeline (2010, 53 min.), daughter of Chief Seattle. The film explores the story of the Duwamish and their unrecognized tribal status primarily through the life of Princess Angeline.
This screening is part of the programming for the exhibit Cultural Confluence: Urban People of Asian and Native American Heritages on display through September 18, 2011.
Cost:
Free with Paid Admission
Event Website URL:
Phone Number:
(206) 623-5124
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