Robert A. Nakamura

Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray

Robert A. Nakamura

Toyo Miyatake

Called "an elegant documentary" by Sundance and "eloquent and deeply moving" by the LA Times, Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray is a penetrating portrait of this photographer's search for truth and beauty in a world of impermanence. Los Angeles' Little Tokyo's foremost studio photographer, Miyatake smuggled a lens and film holder into the U.S. WWII camp he was incarcerated in and captured life behind barbed wire with a makeshift camera made of scrap wood. Yet it was his little-known artistic pursuits before the war that honed his discerning eye.

Pilgrimage

Tadashi Nakamura

Osman Ahmed, Yousef Baker

PILGRIMAGE tells the inspiring story of how an abandoned WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans has been transformed into a symbol of retrospection and solidarity for people of all ages, races and nationalities in our post 9/11 world.

Something Strong Within

Robert A. Nakamura

Home movies from a Japanese internment camp.

Hito Hata: Raise the Banner

Robert A. Nakamura, Duane Kubo

Mako, Hiroshi Kashiwagi

The film looks back at the life of a man named Oda and other Japanese Americans through the decades as they face great challenges and joys living in the United States.

Manzanar

Robert A. Nakamura

Short film about the Manzanar Japanese American internment camp.