SAY YES TO YOUR HEART
Directed by George Takaki
Description
A 79-year-old man wants to join a rock climbing gym but his granddaughter tries to dissuade him. They agree to a 1-month trial. Disaster strikes when Grandpa is stricken with shingles. After a 6 month layoff and still feeling weak, Grandpa returns to the gym to either quit or persevere.
Credits
Director: George Takaki
Writer: George Takaki
Producer: George Takaki
Plays in
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Digital Histories: Our Stories, Now Told
Shorts Programs / 107 mins
Visual Communications' Digital Histories program engages the passion of our elders to tell their stories in movie form. This year the seniors transformed an illness into a triumphant narrative, unearthed a forgotten jazz club in Little Tokyo, and explored how the first Japanese American Buddhist Taiko group came to be. - Gary GabisanIn This Program: ABANDONED FABRIC, THE ARTS DISTRICT WITHOUT ARTISTS, A CENTENARIAN PLUS SIX, DANCING THROUGH LITTLE TOKYO, THE FINALE CLUB, HOLIDAY BOWL, JEFF IMADA: BREAKING BARRIERS BY DESIGN, KINDNESS IS CONTAGIOUS, GIVING IS AN ADDICTION, NOTE TO SELF, “ON MY HONOR…” BILL SHISHIMA VOLUNTEER EXTRAORDINAIRE, RAY ROCKS WITH HAIR, TAP, AND HIP-HOP, SAY YES TO YOUR HEART, TAIKO REFLECTIONS, THE TRAVELING RICE POT, WITHIN THE OPEN DOORS OF A SHINTO CHURCH IN BOYLE HEIGHTS
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