The Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith (film)
Documentary film about this history of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church , a Japanese American church in Alameda, California , on its 100th anniversary. Using family photographs, home movies and other sources, the film takes us through the church's history in ten and twenty year intervals, highlighting its founding and early growth through the Issei era, the impact of wartime incarceration, and its evolution in the postwar period.
Might also like Honoring Alameda's Japanese American History (2012); Leap of Faith: How Enmanji Temple Was Saved (2010); Comforting the Afflicted (2003)
Media Details
| Release Date | 1998 |
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| Runtime | 42 minutes |
| Producer | Wendy Hanamura |
| Writer | Wendy Hanamura |
| Narrator | Wendy Hanamura |
| Starring | Hisano Akagi (interviewee), Shizuto Kawamura (interviewee), Shug Madokoro (interviewee), Hazel Takii Morikawa (interviewee), Sadako Towata Tajima (interviewee), Judy Furiichi (interviewee), Bunny Scalzo (interviewee), Wayne Koike (interviewee), George Chin (interviewee), Nellie Takeda (interviewee), Mark Koike (interviewee), Jo Takata (interviewee), Niel Tam (interviewee), Miya Chen (interviewee), Isaac Doi (interviewee), Grace Doi (interviewee), Wilton Acee (interviewee) |
| Cinematography | Ted Niiya |
| Editing | Eric Ladenburg |
| Studio | Flower Village Films |