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