FIRST SCREENING - KINTSUKUROI WORLD PREMIERE IN SAN FRANCISCO'S JAPANTOWN
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KINTSUKUROI
n.
1. the Japanese art of repairing pottery using gold
2. the strength and beauty found in something that has been broken
Like every immigrant family, the Itos came to the United States to build a better life. After years of struggle and sacrifice, the dream that was America seemed within their grasp.
Then the world changed forever …
With a stroke of his pen, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 and effectively destroyed the lives of 120,000 Japanese Americans at the onset of WWII.
KINTSUKUROI follows members of the Ito family from their pre-war life in San Francisco’s Japantown to the concentration camps of the American West to the battlefields of Europe as they struggle to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives.
Please join the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival and Ikeibi Films for the world premiere of KINTSUKUROI. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film's director and members of the cast and crew. Profits will benefit the the non-profit organization. If you have questions, please contact us at ikeibifilms@gmail.com
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