Entrevistas

1. The origin of name Kishi Bashi

2. His Shin-Issei parents

3. On being Japanese and American

4. On his songfilm Omoiyari

5. The reason for creating the songflim Omoiyari

6. On music

Bashi,Kishi

(n. 1975) Músico y compositor

The reason for creating the songflim Omoiyari

The initial impetus was obviously the election. And then there’s that guy who’s talking about the Muslim ban and how the executive order, the incarceration, was precedent and that kind of really activated me in a way that, it was like I felt threatened as a minority in this country for the first time. I always kind of believed this country was a melting pot, it was open for everybody, and that’s when I started to really try to understand the incarceration.

This film serves two parts in that one is to kind of show this history and to develop empathy and kind of confront privilege to have my viewers take a step back and really understand how to help their community, or how to help underprivileged people or to help minorities – to get that perspective.

And I like to encourage minorities to have hope, that this is just a turning point. And then also for white people to be, hey this is really not just your country anymore. And all these advantages you’ve had, you should really acknowledge them and take a step back and share.

emociones empatía igualdad identidad minorías música músicos Omoiyari (canción) privilegio simpatía Estados Unidos

Fecha: August 21, 2018

Zona: California, US

Entrevista: Sharon Yamato

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevista

Kaoru Ishibashi, quien se presenta como Kishi Bashi, es un músico y compositor, nacido en Seattle, Washington que creció en Norfolk, Virginia. Asistió al Berklee College of Music y se convirtió en un reconocido violinista.

Su proyecto fílmico, Omoiyari (Empatía), lo llevó a lugares tales como Manzanar, Tule Lake, al Museo Nacional Japonés Americano y a Japón para aprender sobre los japoneses americanos y sobre la historia japonesa de la Segunda Guerra. Omoiyari explora cómo la empatía, y la falta de ella, ha jugado un rol crucial en la búsqueda moderna por la igualdad social. (Marzo 2019)