Format:
DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:
The cats of Mirikitani [videorecording] / a film by Linda Hattendorf ; produced by Lucid Dreaming, Inc. in association with the Independent Television Serivice (ITVS) and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) ; producers, Masa Yoshikawa, Linda Hattendorf ; director, Linda Hattendorf.
Call Number:
704 C DVD
Publisher, Date:
New York : Arts Alliance America, [2008]
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 74 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
"Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens his life on the New York City streets and a local filmmaker brings him to her home, the two embark on a journey to confront Jimmy's painful past. An intimate exploration of the lingering wounds of war and the healing powers of community and art ..."--Container.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
Subjects:
Mirikitani, Jimmy Tsutomu, 1920-2012
Tule Lake Relocation Center -- Personal narratives.
Homeless men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Homeless persons as artists -- United States.
Artists -- United States -- Biography.
Art therapy -- New York (State) -- New York.
Japanese Americans -- Biography.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Personal narratives.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Psychological aspects.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Biographical films.
Other Author:
Hattendorf, Linda.
Yoshikawa, Masa.
Mirikitani, Jimmy Tsutomu, 1920-2012
Lucid Dreaming (Firm)
Independent Television Service.
Arts Alliance America (Firm)
Center for Asian American Media.
Other Title:
Independent lens (Television program)