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2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

AMERICAN

Directed by Richie Adams

Shorts Competition / USA / 2018 / Action, Drama, Family, History / 18 mins / English, Japanese with English subtitles / Los Angeles Premiere

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PROOF OF LOYALTY

Downtown Independent
Saturday | May 5, 2018 11:00 am

Description

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A 94-year-old veteran (George Takei) who works as a volunteer at the Japanese American National Museum encounters a mother and her daughter, triggering events that happened in his past, including his time as a young man in a Japanese American internment camp and his service with the 442 in WWII.


Director's Bio

Richie Adams is an award-winning writer, director, producer who cut his teeth as a title designer (BABEL, CREED), working with many of the great players in film and television. After several years in Los Angeles, Richie returned to Louisiana, where he continues to offer design and related services for film and television. Richie’s second feature, OF MIND AND MUSIC, played the 2014 festival circuit earning numerous audience and juried awards.


Credits

Director: Richie Adams
Writer: Richie Adams, Bart Gavigan
Producer: Richie Adams, Brent Caballero
Executive Producer: Ken Whitney, Elizabeth Reiko Kubota Whitney
Director of Photography: Tom Lembcke
Composer: Carlos José Alvarez
Cast: George Takei, Leonardo Nam, Rachel Michiko Whitney


Precedes

  1. PROOF OF LOYALTY

    Lucy Ostrander, Don Sellers / Special Presentations / USA / 2017 / Documentary, History / 55 mins
    PROOF OF LOYALTY tells the story of a Japanese American who played a crucial strategic role in World War II.

    Preceded by: AMERICAN


Dates & Times

Precedes:
PROOF OF LOYALTY

Downtown Independent
Saturday | May 5, 2018 11:00 am