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 bombs fell and 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 incarceration camps of the American West to the battlefields of Europe as they endure one of the most shameful periods in American history. The film features Ryan Takemiya, Kealani Kitaura, Ken Takeda, Ron Munekawa, Kiyomi Koide and Chizu Omori.

Limited early bird discount tickets for Teachers, Seniors & Students will be available: $15

General Admission: $25 | Tickets at the Door (if available): $30 | DVDs at Door: $20

Proceeds will support the PreK-12 Asian American Studies Summer Institute in the East Bay for Bay Area teachers to bring local histories like this into classrooms and address the root causes of anti-Asian hate.

After the screening, members of the cast and community will join a short Q&A reflecting on the impacts for East Bay communities and the relevance for our current political moment.

After the Q&A, local teachers from Oakland & Berkeley Unified School Districts will lead workshops sharing curriculum examples and resources for elementary and secondary educators to bring the history of the Japanese American incarceration camps and how communities resisted into classrooms and student projects.

Oakland Unified School District teachers / OEA Members can be paid up to 4 hours at the Professional Development rate, OR can submit for Professional Growth Units for advancement on the salary scale if not already at the limit. PGU forms can be signed off by emailing Raquel Jimenez or your Principal with your notes from the event, and submitted to your Talent Representative for processing.

Educators attending the workshop, please additionally register here to let us know what grade and subject you teach!

EVENT SCHEDULE:

Doors open for check-in - 12:30PM

KINTSUKUROI screening begins - 1PM

Q&A following the film - 3:15PM

Educator Curriculum Workshop - 3:45-4:45PM

The OMCA garage is located at 1000 Oak St. with entrances on Oak and 12th Streets. The garage hours are 6am to 7pm. Attendees can receive a sticker at the welcome table that will reduce parking to $10 flat rate when you exit.

Please visit the Oakland Museum website for parking, transit and bike information: https://museumca.org/visit

Some metered and free parking is also available in the neighborhood around Laney College.

Event Co-Sponsors & Facilitators:

Our Belonging Project elevates local underculture community stories, histories and visions through participatory education and arts with a focus on engaging youth, educators, schools and neighborhoods of culture to be inspired, connected, and empowered.

The Buddhist Church of Oakland is an inclusive and welcoming community with a historical founding in the East Bay Japanese American community. As temple members, we seek to live a principled life grounded in the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist teachings.

Eth-Noh-Tec builds cultural bridges that celebrate diversity and create compassionate communities through the art of storytelling. By healing the divides within us and between us, our not-for-profit programs hope to generate a world that works for all.

Joemy Ito-Gates, she/her, is an Ethnic Studies educator for Berkeley Unified School District. She's been teaching for over twenty years and lives on Huchiun, Lisjan Ohlone land with her amazing eight year old daughter. She is the Co-superintendent of the Buddhist Church of Oakland's Dharma School and has taught on and off for close to twenty years at the Japanese American summer program, Daruma no Gakko.

Any additional donations for the Asian American Studies K-12 Institute will receive a letter confirming your tax-deductible contribution. The Institute is organized by the Our Belonging Project, which is a project fiscally sponsored by Eth-Noh-Tec.

Contact the host of KINTSUKUROI - OAKLAND PREMIERE + Educator Workshop