VC Connect #15: Off the Grid
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Welcome to VC CONNECT, an online destination through which just some of the hundreds of films and media productions created by Visual Communications can be found for your enjoyment. Featured films include some of our VC Classics, as well as films made in the Digital Histories production program for older adults and the Armed With a Camera Fellowship for Emerging Artists. Each week, we’ll roll out a new batch, specially themed for our audience’s diverse cinematic palate. Click here to watch the complete showcase.
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Off the Grid
As this selection of Digital Histories films attest, there is a whole wide world outside of our little corner of the world — if only we’re brave enough and curious enough to venture out to experience it.
Thank you to the following sponsors for their ongoing support of the Digital Histories program: Sony Pictures Entertainment, West One Music Group, Keiro, Union Bank, and Aratani Foundation.
Funding for VC CONNECT has been provided by California Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan of 2020.
71º10’21”N (LAND OF THE NORTH STAR (2016) by Frances Ito
The filmmaker takes us on her summer journey to the Arctic Zone, where she witnessed spectacular views of snow-capped fjords and cascading waterfalls.
IN PLAIN SIGHT (2017) by Robert Shoji
Rumors of local surface-to-air missile installations have been circulating in the Los Angeles South Bay area for decades. This film documents the search for places and histories one never knew existed in one’s own backyard.
MY CHINESE SOUTHERN ROOTS – BEFORE LYNWOOD (2017) by Gerry Chow
Calvin Chow recounts his experience growing up in "small-town" Isola, Mississippi during a period of segregation.
MY JOURNEY WITH AYAHUASCA (2012) by Arlene Maala
While on a pilgrimage to Bolivia for spiritual purification, the filmmaker undergoes an adventure into a past life.
OUR TORRANCE FARM – LIFE BEFORE LYNWOOD (2017) by Gerry Chow
Ed Kanemoto recounts his experience growing up on a farm in Torrance before moving to Lynwood, California.
POPO CRUISING ANTARCTICA (2014) by Frances Ito
Popo, at 81 years old, cruises Antarctica during a holiday trip. It’s fun, food, and penguins.
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MOUNT MANZO NAGANO? (2015) by George Takaki
Three young men struggle to make the first ever ascent of wild and rugged Mount Manzo Nagano, named in honor of their great grandfather.
