{"id":"Piecing Memories (film)","doctype":"articles","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Piecing%20Memories%20(film)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/Piecing%20Memories%20(film)/"},"title_sort":"piecingmemoriesfilm","description":"Short film about Japanese American senior citizen women in a Japanese American Services of the East Bay (JASEB) quilting class who make a quilt inspired by their World War II experiences. 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The seventeen minute film was made by Bridge Media for the JASEB and was funded in part by a grant from the\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/California_Civil_Liberties_Public_Education_Program\" title=\"California Civil Liberties Public Education Program\">\n   California Civil Liberties Public Education Program\n  </a>\n  .\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n  <b>\n   Authored by\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Brian_Niiya\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n    Brian Niiya\n   </a>\n   , Densho\n  </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n  Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n <p>\n  Might also like\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Words,_Weavings_and_Song_(film)\" title=\"Words, Weavings and Song (film)\">\n    Words, Weavings &amp; Songs\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  (2002);\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/The Art of Gaman: The Story Behind the Objects (film)/\" title=\"The Art of Gaman: The Story Behind the Objects (film)\">\n    The Art of Gaman: The Story Behind the Objects\n   </a>\n   ' (2010);\n  </i>\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Ruth Asawa: Of Forms and Growth (film)/\" title=\"Ruth Asawa: Of Forms and Growth (film)\">\n   Ruth Asawa: Of Forms and Growth\n  </a>\n  <i>\n   (1978)\n  </i>\n </p>\n <div id=\"RelatedArticlesDisplay\">\n  <div class=\"section\" id=\"Related_Articles\">\n   <h2>\n    <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Related_Articles\">\n     Related Articles\n    </span>\n   </h2>\n   <div class=\"section_content\">\n    <p class=\"mw-empty-elt\">\n    </p>\n    <div id=\"RelatedArticlesSectionDisplay\">\n     <div class=\"section\" id=\"\">\n      <h3>\n       <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"\">\n       </span>\n      </h3>\n      <div class=\"section_content\">\n       <p class=\"mw-empty-elt\">\n       </p>\n       <ul>\n        <li>\n         <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Dramatic_films/videos_on_incarceration\" title=\"Dramatic films/videos on incarceration\">\n          Dramatic films/videos on incarceration\n         </a>\n        </li>\n       </ul>\n      </div>\n     </div>\n    </div>\n   </div>\n  </div>\n </div>\n</div>\n","moreinfo":"<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n  <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n   For More Information\n  </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n  <p>\n   [\n   <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"http://www.bridgemediainc.com/store/index.html%7C\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    <i>\n     Piecing Memories\n    </i>\n   </a>\n   ] on Bridge Media website.\n  </p>\n  <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20250625170442\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.029 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.036 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 403/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 8307/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1078/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 6/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0/20\nUnstrip post‐expand size: 0/5000000 bytes\nExtLoops count: 0\n-->\n  <!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00%   16.583      1 -total\n 24.31%    4.032      1 Template:RelatedArticles\n 20.19%    3.349      1 Template:Databox-Films\n 19.42%    3.220      1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 12.30%    2.040      1 Template:RelatedArticlesSection\n 11.84%    1.963      1 Template:AuthorByline\n 11.72%    1.944      1 Template:Published\n 11.23%    1.863      1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n  <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:2118-0!canonical and timestamp 20250625170442 and revision id 28591\n -->\n </div>\n</div>"}