@esnewman
Esther Newman moved from Encinitas CA to Hawaii in 2016. After a career in marketing and media production for Ohio’s Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, she completed an M.A. in twentieth century American history, concentrating on Latin American Japanese during WWII. Her interests include topics affecting the Japanese Diaspora: internment, migration, assimilation and preserving cultural identity.
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Making Movies and Being Sansei
There’s just something about the 1979 movie, Boulevard Nights that continues to resonate with audie…
June 30, 2025
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Tadashi Nakamura’s Third Act: A Son’s Tribute to Legacy and Loss
“I always knew I had to make a film about my dad.”
—Tad Nakamura
The challenges and rewards…
May 1, 2025
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Harvesting History at an Orchard: Every Peach is a Story by Nikiko Masumoto
A perfectly ripe, locally grown peach is sweet, easily bruised and ephemeral. But to Nikiko Masumot…
April 10, 2025
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“Lantern Song” by Bonbu Stories: Grounded in the Present, Honoring the Past
One of the iconic symbols of Obon, the centuries old Japanese festival honoring one’s ancestors, is…
Nov. 13, 2024
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The Unknown Great: Expanding History, Widening the Focus
Until recently, the history of Japanese Americans was documented almost wholly by looking at the WW…
Feb. 12, 2024
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Power of Our Stories
In American Dream
There are as many ways to tell a story as there are stories. Historians, novelists, and artists o…
Nov. 27, 2023
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
For Kyra Karatsu—Writing is a Foregone Conclusion
Where does talent come from? Is it inherited or learned? Nature or nurture? According to the BBC’s …
Aug. 18, 2023
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s Love in the Library—A story for children, a lesson for grown-ups
Maggie Tokuda-Hall is an award winning author of children’s and young adult (YA) books. Her title…
June 23, 2023
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Defining Courage: A Tribute to Nisei WWII Heroes Comes To Hawaii
Defining Courage—produced by Story Boldly and the Emmy Award-winning team of Jeff MacIntyre and Dav…
April 5, 2023
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Miye Sugino—Art as Advocacy: “To me, art is a reclamation of identity”
As one of JANM’s 30 Changemakers Under 30, Miye Sugino had amassed an impressive body of work and…
Jan. 2, 2023
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