"Sat/21 the AMC Kabuki in Japantown is hosting the 15th annual "Films of Remembrance", which gathers together 10 titles (in five programs, starting at 11am) taking different approaches to the forced incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II-a historical chapter that seems to grow more disturbingly relevant by the day. They are primarily shorts, including documentaries, experimental works, animation, and narratives."
"The final, 5:30pm show, which will be followed by a filmmakers' reception, is Tadashi Nakamura's recent nonfiction feature Third Act. It chronicles the life of his now-elderly father Robert, who was interned at Manzanar with his family as a child, then went on to become "the godfather of Asian-American media" as both a director and organizational founder. The day's programming will be repeated the next day at San Jose's Buddhist Church Betsiun Annex, then travel to Southern California dates the following weekend."
"Playing twice on Sat/21 only at SF's Marina Theater is Right in the Eye, a "live movie concert" by Alcolea & Cie. Composer Jean-Francois Alcolea and two fellow musicians-playing over two dozen instruments, including aquaphone, glockenspiel, and spoons-accompany 11 original shorts by Georges Melies, the French film pioneer. While most of his contemporaries in the earliest years of cinema remained mired in stage conventions, Melies embraced the new medium's possibilities in full, utilizing a full array of "trick photography" devices to create fantastical miniatures."
Multiple special film events occur across the Bay Area this weekend, creating overlapping options for local audiences. The AMC Kabuki in Japantown hosts the 15th annual "Films of Remembrance" on Sat/21, presenting 10 titles in five programs starting at 11am that take different approaches to the forced incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. The lineup focuses on shorts spanning documentary, experimental, animation, and narrative forms. The final 5:30pm show features Tadashi Nakamura's nonfiction feature Third Act, chronicling his elderly father Robert, who was interned at Manzanar and later became a leading figure in Asian-American media; the program repeats in San Jose and then travels to Southern California. SF's Marina Theater presents Right in the Eye, a live movie concert by Alcolea & Cie., with Jean-Francois Alcolea and two musicians performing on more than two dozen instruments to accompany 11 original shorts by Georges Melies, whose illusion-focused films and trick photography date back to the 1890s.
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