TAIKO REFLECTIONS
Directed by Barbara Shore
Description
Johnny Mori and George Abe tell stories of how the first Japanese American Buddhist Taiko group came to be, fifty years ago. Share in a lifetime of lessons, and be fed by the sounds of the shakuhachi and the Taiko drum.
Director's Bio
Barbara Kagawa Shore received a degree in Broadcasting/TV and Film from Cal State Los Angeles. She worked a few years in the industry, then left to raise a family. Over three decades later, she picks up the camera again, as a proud senior, to capture stories that need to be told.
Credits
Director: Barbara Shore
Writer: Barbara Shore
Producer: Barbara Shore
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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