Juxta

A film by Hiroko Yamazaki

1989 | 29 minutes | BW | 16mm/DVD | Order No. 99356

SYNOPSIS

This beautiful drama observes the psychological effects of racism on two children of Japanese women and American servicemen. Thirty-one year old Kate, the daughter of a Japanese/white mixed marriage visits her childhood friend, Ted, a Japanese-Black American. Together they confront the memory of her mother’s tragic story in this telling, emotionally nuanced journey into the complexity of US racism.

PRESS

“One of the most original and intriguing films about the generational effects of racism. The story is told with delicacy and conviction.”

Claire Aguilar UCLA Film and Television Archive

SCREENING HIGHLIGHTS AND AWARDS

  • Motion Picture Association of America Award
  • New York Asian American Film Festival

ABOUT FILMMAKER(S)

Hiroko Yamazaki

Director and filmmaker Hiroko Yamazaki was born in Osaka, Japan and is a multi-disciplinary artist whose diverse interests eventually coalesced in filmmaking. After briefly working in advertising, she moved to the U.S. to realize her dream of becoming a filmmaker. Yamazaki attended film programs, first in New York, and then at UCLA. In 1989, she completed the feature documentary JUXTA. The film examines generational racism in the lives of Japanese women and American servicemen from the 1950s through the 1980s. JUXT won a Motion Picture Association of America Award and was featured at the New York Asian American Film Festival. (10/09)

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