FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! Three short films will be featured at Doc Films in Chicago, each directed by one of VC's original founders — Eddie Wong, Duane Kubo, and Robert A. Nakamura. Cruisin’ J-Town, Pieces of a Dream, and Wataridori: Birds of Passage will be screened on Tuesday, February 21 @ 7PM. Tickets are only $7! For more information, visit docfilms.org or click the button below.

PIECES OF A DREAM (1974)
Directed by Eddie Wong, Pieces of a Dream tells the story of Asian Pacific American life and history on the Sacramento River delta. The film follows the lives and hardships of immigrant farm laborers that came to America through Angel Island to work.

CRUISIN' J-TOWN (1975)
Directed by Duane Kubo, Cruisin' J-Town follows Dan Kuramoto, June Okida Kuramoto, and Johnny Mori—three musicians from the jazz fusion band "Hiroshima". The film dives into the group’s influences and roots in contemporary Asian American culture in the early 1970s.

WATARIDORI (1976)
Robert Nakamura's Wataridori: Birds of Passage stands as one of the quintessential documentary portraits celebrating the legacy of the issei, or first-generation Japanese Americans. The film couples the perspectives of three issei elders who describe a collective history through their personal