Ryan Kawamoto
Ryan Kawamoto ha trabajado en Kinetic Productions con sede en Honolulu, Hawai'i, durante más de 11 años, donde se ha establecido como director de cine y televisión con talento para contar historias. Es un japonés-estadounidense de cuarta generación. Sus bisabuelos emigraron a Hawai desde las prefecturas de Yamaguchi e Hiroshima a principios del siglo XX. Kawamoto se desempeñó como escritor, director y editor de The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai'i .
Actualizado en octubre de 2013
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Stepping into the Past: Behind the Scenes of The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i
11 de octubre de 2013 • Ryan Kawamoto
As a Hawai‘i-born Yonsei filmmaker, I’ve always been deeply interested in films about the Asian American experience. In 2009, I was asked by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i (JCCH) to write and direct a short documentary about the Honouliuli Internment Camp located on the island of O‘ahu. As we began to conduct interviews with survivors and their families, I was exposed to a wealth of oral histories and research that was nearly lost or forgotten. When the short film …
