Double feature at the Museum of Photographic Arts

Double feature at the Museum of Photographic Arts of 442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity and 442

August 21 and 22

11 a.m.: "Toyo’s Camera"

1:10 p.m.: "442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity"

3:20 p.m.  "Toyo’s Camera"

5:30 p.m. "442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity"

From the website: http://toyoscamera.com

"While bringing cameras to internment camps was prohibited, one photographer smuggled in his own camera lens and built a camera to take photographs of life behind barbed wires. That man was photographer Toyo Miyatake. Through artistic medium, Miyatake captured the devastating conditions during WWII when Japanese Americans could no belong to Japan or America."

From the website, http://442film.com

"[442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity] is the second installment of the Japanese American trilogy following “Toyo’s Camera –Japanese American history during WW2.” The main staff is the same as the previous film, with veteran film director Junichi Suzuki, and the music score by Grammy winner and Golden Glove award winner “Kitaro,” and others. UTB, a bilingual Japanese television station in the U.S., and Film Voice in Japan is proud to jointly produce this second installation of the trilogy in our effort to contribute to the Japanese American Community in Los Angeles."