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Telling the Stories of the Nikkei - New Denver
Learning can be both a very personal experience and a collective endeavour. Whether carried out in a classroom or throughout the experiences of our daily lives, we rarely learn in isolation. Here you can find out how others view education a...
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Falling From the Sky - Tsuneko Kokubo (Koko)

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Producer:

Terry Taylor, Moira Simpson, Catrina Megumi Longmuir

Artist Tsuneko Kokubo (Koko) shares the story of her childhood in this film. Though born in Steveston BC, daughter of a fisherman, she moved to Japan with her grandparents and ended up staying there throughout WWII. In this piece, Koko performs an interpretation of a dance created and choreographed by Hiromoto Ida. She currently resides in Slocan Valley with musician Paul (Garbanzo) Gibbons where she paints in her studio that she and Paul built.

Topics: Education, Human Rights, Racial Justice, War & Peace
Dossiers: Telling the Stories of the Nikkei - New Denver
Keywords: human rights violation, Japanese Canadian, Nikkei, racial injustice, WWII
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