Event

Leap of Faith

LEAP OF FAITH
USA, 2010, 18 minutes
Director: Lina Hoshino
Leap of Faith tells a little-known story of young white Christian teenagers who put themselves on the line to protect Sebastopol's Japanese Buddhist temple, Enmanji, from hate-related arson and vandalism during World War II.

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MINKA
USA, 2010, 15 minutes
Director: Davina Pardo
In 1967, an American journalist and a Japanese architect rescued an ancient farmhouse found in the snow country of Japan, and their lives were forever changed. Minka is an intimate story about architecture, memory and the meaning of home. Minka is more meditation than history. Filmed just after Roderick's death at ninety-three, it uses this one house as a vessel of memory to explore the power of place and the meanings of home.

HIDDEN BOOKS: The Art of Kumi Korf
USA, 2011, 30 minutes
Director: Sam Hampton
Hidden Books is a portrait of the artist Kumi Korf, who was born in Japan and now lives in Ithaca, New York. Her art involves several disciplines: architectural design, printmaking, painting, papermaking and artists' books. The film gives a unique perspective on Kumi's life as an artist, and how the world around her influences her work.