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GO FOR BROKE TO HOST INTERVIEW TRAINING
SESSION JUNE 19, INCLUDING SCREENING OF “A TRADITION OF
HONOR” DOCUMENTARY
Event to Feature Special Guest Speaker,
Wendy Hanamura, Producer/Director of “Honor Bound”
Documentary
TORRANCE, Calif. (June 2, 2004) - In its continued
effort to catalogue the stories of all of the living Japanese
American World War II veterans through its Hanashi Oral History
program, the Go For Broke Educational Foundation will host a free,
volunteer training session on June 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. The session
appeals to those interested in participating as a volunteer crew
member with Hanashi, providing interview techniques and video
camera operation/audio recording techniques from experts in the
oral history and television production fields.
In addition to providing volunteer training, the gathering will
also feature guest speaker Wendy Hanamura, a San Francisco-based
journalist turned documentary filmmaker who upon discovering her
father’s experiences as a member of the 442nd Regimental
Combat Team in World War II, was compelled to produce the moving
documentary “Honor Bound.” Hanamura will recount the
genesis of her film and importance of preserving the Nisei veteran’s
legacy. In addition, she will facilitate a session on how to interview
Japanese Americans and recognize cultural nuances that are important
to the interview process. Craig Yahata, co-founder of the Hanashi
program and producer/director of the Go For Broke Educational
Foundation’s “A Tradition of Honor” documentary
will facilitate the session on video/audio operation techniques.
The training will conclude with a special screening of “A
Tradition Of Honor,” that features 40 oral histories from
the Hanashi archive and chronicling the story of the segregated
Japanese American units from World War II, the 100th Infantry
Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Military Intelligence
Service.
The training session is being sponsored by UPS and begins promptly
at 9 a.m. with registration beginning at 8:30. Continental breakfast
and lunch will be served. Please RSVP by June 14 as space is limited
and lunches must be ordered. Contact Steven Itano Wasserman, Hanashi
Program Coordinator, at (310) 222-5705 or hanashi@goforbroke.org
to RSVP and for more information.
The Go For Broke Educational Foundation institutes educational
programs focused on the heroism and history of the Japanese American
soldiers of World War II, as well as the forced evacuation and
incarceration of Japanese American and civil liberties issues
raised by those events. Currently the Educational Foundation’s
programs include An American Story teacher training workshops
and curriculum development, Hanashi Oral History Program, and
select media projects. For more information, go to www.GoForBroke.org.
In 1989 Japanese American World War II veterans established the
100th/442nd/MIS WWII Memorial Foundation to build the Go For Broke
Monument as an eternal tribute to the heroics of the segregated
Japanese American units: 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental
Combat Team, MIS (Military Intelligence Service) and the many
other men and women who served overseas during World War II. The
Monument is located in downtown Los Angeles at Temple and Alameda
streets.
