World Premiere
Emerging Radiance: Honoring the Nikkei Farmers of Bellevue
New Voices Competition
| United States | 3 MINUTES | EnglishEmerging Radiance, created by filmmaker Tani Ikeda and artist Michelle Kumata, honors the untold stories of Japanese American farmers who lived in Bellevue, WA from 1920 to 1942. Its hand-painted mural and Spark AR Instagram filters invite you to meet Toshio Ito, Rae Matsuoka Takekawa, and Mitsuko Hashiguchi, three survivors of World War II incarceration camps, as they share in their own words their connections to the land before the war, during incarceration, and post-World War II.
Cast & Credits
Produced by
Meta Open Arts
Director
Tani Ikeda
Concept Artist
Patrick Weishample
Project Creator
Tani Ikeda
Michelle Kumata
Artist
Michelle Kumata
Executive Producer
Tani Ikeda
Michelle Kumata
Tamar Benzikry
Tom Ikeda
Producers
Dominic Nieri
Annie Pomeranz
Farhez Rayani
Patrick Weishampel
Simone Ling
Debra Webb
Animator
Christin Smolinski
VFX Supervisor
Farhez Rayani
Creative Director
Patrick Weishampel
Farhez Rayani
Technical Artist
Antoinette Bumatay
Zachary Marlow-McCarthy
Olivia Guethling
Special Thanks
IMMEDIATE JUSTICE
Densho
Invisible Thread
ARTXIV
Future Arts
Milli
Associate Producers
Freddie Sulit
Kristen Leung
Kana Hammon
Lele Barnett