WWII Japanese American Internment Film Showing and Panel Discussion

"The Cats of Mirikitani: Internment & Art"

The film is a poignant post 9-11 documentary about a Japanese-American homeless street artist in New York, Jimmy Mirikitani, whose life course was dramatically altered by the WWII Japanese American Internment. The film producers are Linda Hattendorf and Masa Yoshikawa.

A panel discussion will follow the film showing, featuring Professor Eric Yamamoto, law professor at the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law. He is known for his legal work and scholarship on civil rights and racial justice. In 1984, he served as coram nobis co-counsel to Fred Korematsu in the successful reopening of the infamous WWII Japanese American internment case, Korematsu v. U.S., which led to reparations. Other special guests include Leigh-Ann Miyasato, co-counsel to Fred Korematsu, Brian Niiya, Japanese Cultural Center Resource Director and Journalist, Hideo Okino, Art Contributor from the Honolulu Academy of Arts and John Szostak, Assistant Professor of Japanese Art History.

The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments provided.

Event Sponsor
UH Law School, Manoa

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Jennifer Hee, 9565516, jennifer.hee@uhf.hawaii.edu

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