Nibei lecture to focus on a film project about Japanese American concentration camp, June 23 

Filmmaker Brian Maeda at work.

Nibei Foundation/ Powerful Networking Meeting

TFL Building, 11570 West Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90064

Tuesday, June 23, from 7 - 8 pm

Preview of film "We said No No" and lecture by filmmaker Brian Maeda

Film director Brian Maeda will present a preview screening of his work in progress along with his Production Designer, James Murakami (Jersey Boys*, Letters from Iwo Jima*, and American Sniper*) and some of his cast, including 'Ikumi', the first Japanese woman to win the title of Miss International.

(*Jersey Boys, Letters from Iwo Jima, and American Sniper are Clint Eastwood's films)

This is the controversial story of those who answered "No No" to the loyalty questions 27 and 28 by the U.S. government, and they were sent to the Tule Lake Segregation Center during WWII.

"I want to show what it was like in the Tule Lake Prison." says Maeda.

Mingling and meal time is set from 6 - 7 pm.

For lecture registration and meal order, click here  

For more info, contact Nibei Foundationcoordinator Naoko Okada at (310) 479-6101 ext 134, or email nibei@nibei.org