Students from two LA County schools – Dominguez High School in Compton and Renaissance High School for the Arts in Long Beach – teamed up with Film Independent to tell stories from their own communities. These 13 films were screened at the Japanese American National Museum’s Democracy Center in Downtown LA on May 7, along with a panel discussion helmed by Film Independent’s Senior Manager of Film Education, Sarah Berkovich.
Filmmaker and Film Independent Fellow Ann Kaneko participated in the conversation with insights from making her documentary, Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust. The film features stories from Japanese Americans who were displaced to concentration camps during World War II as well as the Owens Valley Paiute tribe, which was removed from the same region. Joining Kaneko was Monica Embrey, an activist whose family was featured in the film.
Kaneko was full of encouragement and wisdom for her fellow filmmakers, acknowledging the...
Filmmaker and Film Independent Fellow Ann Kaneko participated in the conversation with insights from making her documentary, Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust. The film features stories from Japanese Americans who were displaced to concentration camps during World War II as well as the Owens Valley Paiute tribe, which was removed from the same region. Joining Kaneko was Monica Embrey, an activist whose family was featured in the film.
Kaneko was full of encouragement and wisdom for her fellow filmmakers, acknowledging the...
- 6/11/2025
- by Cortney Matz
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