A Rebel’s Outcry - Special Screening and Book Talk
Event Details
Dear Friends and Members, Join us for a Special Screening and Book Talk for release of “A Rebel’s Outcry”! Feb. 19th, beginning at 2pm at the Long Beach Japanese Cultural
Event Details
Dear Friends and Members,
Join us for a Special Screening and Book Talk for release of “A Rebel’s Outcry”!
Feb. 19th, beginning at 2pm at the Long Beach Japanese Cultural Center!
Special Screening & A Rebel’s Outcry Book Talk
Panel will include Acclaimed Actress Keiko Agena (Better Call Saul, Gilmore Girls) and Filmmaker/Publisher Jeffrey Gee Chin. Program will include a special screening of the award-winning short “Lil Tokyo Reporter” and live-reading of “A Rebel’s Outcry” biography with Keiko Agena, followed by a panel discussion on the book.
A Rebel’s Outcry
A Rebel’s Outcry: Biography of Issei Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii (1882-1954) is an illustrated biography and detailed look into the life of Japanese American civil rights leader Sei Fujii, known for overturning the California Alien Land Law in 1952 and founding the Japanese American newspaper Kashu Mainichi (California Daily News). His complex history reveals his intriguing journey as an immigrant, a social justice activist, unionizer, and a community leader. Fujii’s story exemplifies the multitude of ways Americans have and may continue to fight for our civil rights.
The official biography on Sei Fujii is the source material written by author Kenichi Sato and was commissioned by manager Junko Maruya of the Kashu Mainichi. Following the work by Sato, Little Tokyo Historical Society conducted over ten years of extensive research, including interviews with countless community members, Fujii’s family, and visiting his ancestral samurai home in the Takamori Village of Iwakuni, Japan. Publication of this book is sponsored by Union Bank and UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the George and Sakaye Aratani Community Advancement Research Endowment.
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Long Beach Japanese Cultural Center
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Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Location
Long Beach Japanese Cultural Center
1766 Seabright Ave