The Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association includes in its mandate:
• developing and maintaining a communication network with multicultural societies in Canada and internationally
• promoting the appreciation and study of the arts and culture of Japanese Canadians through the organization of community and cultural events
• educating the Canadian public about the history and cultural heritage of Japanese Canadians and the preservation of these values
• the education of the citizens of Canada in the various responsibilities expected in Canadian citizenship
• protecting and promoting the rights and freedoms of all individuals without any discriminatory practices
• and publishing a forum in the means of a journal for issues significant to its members, persons with Japanese ancestry and others of interest.
Please join us in working to build a stronger tomorrow for our children and our children’s children.
CONTACT
Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association
#200-6688 Southoakes Crescent
Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7
Ph. (604) 777-5222
Fax. (604) 777-5223
President – Ron Nishimura
Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association
MANAGING EDITOR
John Endo Greenaway
editor@bigwavedesign.net
JAPANESE PRODUCTION
Kazuko Takahashi
geppo@shaw.ca
ADVERTISING MANAGER
Anne Jew
604.609.0657
annejew@vcn.bc.ca
DISTRIBUTION MANAGER
Michael Tora Speier
GEPPO LOGO CALLIGRAPHY
Kyoko Sumi
JCCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ron Nishimura: President
Harry Aoki: Vice President
May Hamanishi: Secretary/Treasurer
Shag Ando, Mieko Amano, Gary Matson, David McIntosh, Pearl Williams, Hisako Gaynor, Masashi Takahashi,
April Shimizu
MEMBERSHIP
Subscription to the Bulletin/Geppo is free with a yearly membership to the JCCA
Yearly Membership: $35, Seniors $25
US membership: $40 Overseas: $45
Dear Editors of the Bulletin,
my name is Kagan Goh. I am a documentary filmmaker who has been making 2 films about the Japanese internment entitled STOLEN MEMORIES and BREAKING THE SILENCE. Both films are about to have 2 separate world premieres in March.
I am inviting you to the World Television of my film STOLEN MEMORIES 15 years in the making. It is being screened at W2 Media cafe (111 West Hastings) on March 4th at 7.30pm. I am looking for media coverage and am wondering if you or your associates would be interested in covering the story of these 2 films. I am wondering if you would like to write either a review or a story for the Bulletin magazine about the films.
If you are interested I can arrange a special screening of the film for you upon request. I can be reached at 778-847-8336. If you are interested in finding out more about the films, check out http://www.stolenmemoriesmovie.com. You can download a press kit that has production notes that can be used to write articles on the films.
I hope this message piques your interest and I hope to hear from you soon. Meanwhile here is the press release for the film.
all the best!
Kagan Goh
FOR IMMIDIATE RELEASE:
WORLD TELEVISION PREMIERE OF STOLEN MEMORIES
15 years in the making, Stolen Memories will have its world premiere television broadcast live on Omni in BC, Alberta and Ontario on March 4th at 9 pm local time.
W2 Media Cafe (111 West Hastings) presents the World Television Premiere of Stolen Memories on March 4th at 7.30 pm. There will be a special presentation with guest speakers talking about the film’s significance and impact on the Japanese Canadian community. The filmmakers will be present, including writer/producer/director Kagan Goh and producer Imtiaz Popat who will be doing a Q & A. Kagan Goh will be presenting a new photo album to the Kamitakahara family (the owners of the lost photo album) as a symbolic gesture of a new beginning for a new generation. Food and refreshments will be served.
Attend this special event that features an opening reception where key note speakers – leaders from the Japanese Canadian community who will speak about the film’s impact on the symbolic healing of the Japanese Canadian community from the internment. A new photo album will be presented to the Kamitakahara family (the owners of the lost photo album) as a symbolic gesture of a new beginning for a new generation. Admission is by donation.
FILMS’ SYNOPSIS:
STOLEN MEMORIES is a detective story about filmmaker Kagan Goh’s personal quest to return a photo album that was lost by a Japanese Canadian family during the Japanese internment. Kagan, aided by Mary Seki, his 70-year old detective sidekick, embarked upon a quest to find the rightful owners, find out what happened to them and return their lost photo album to them. Documenting the search as well as redressing the wrongs of the past is a symbolic “homecoming” – coming home in terms of returning to a place of self-acceptance, belonging, wholeness and healing.
STOLEN MEMORIES reflects deeply rooted issues of prejudice which have affected the Japanese Canadian community throughout the last one hundred years, experienced not just by the family but by the Japanese Canadians who helped in the quest to return the ‘stolen’ photo album. The extraordinary story is a microcosm within the macrocosm of the Japanese Canadian legacy.
“It’s a very effective way of touching on an important common feature of the internment – loss of much family material due to forced relocation. The personal touch seems a good idea too, as many such documentaries have been a bit distant from the victims.” – Stan Fukawa, former president of the Japanese Canadian Citizen’s Association
For more information or for interviews please call
Imtiaz Popat 604 715-4816
or Kagan Goh 778 847-8336
Kagan,
Congratulations on putting it all together.
I remember when you were fund-raising some years ago.
I may have said something like what is attributed to me. However, I have never been a president of the JCCA or any of its chapters.
I’ve been a member for many years so I am a supporter–just never president.