Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice, Screening

Asian Arts Initiative, in collaboration with Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF), presents a screening of Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice. Following the screening, director Rea Tajiri will join us virtually for a conversation. Through extensive interviews with family and friends, archival footage, music and photographs, Yuri Kochiyama chronicles this remarkable woman’s contribution to social change through some of the most significant events of the 20th century, including the Black Liberation movement, the struggle for Puerto Rican independence, and the Japanese American Redress movement. In an era of divided communities and racial conflict, Kochiyama offered an outstanding example of an equitable and compassionate multiculturalist vision.