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The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i Premieres a New Film By Tom Coffman, The First Battle
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Movis/Panel Discussion
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Date
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Tuesday - 9/5/2006
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6:00 PM See below
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Location
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Hawaii Theatre
For more details Call (808) 945-7633
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Cost
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$10
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 Tuesday, September 5, 2006: Doors open at 6 p.m. Film starts at 7 p.m. Panel discussion and reception to follow.
With war fears rising, a Council for Inter-racial Unity organized in Honolulu in 1939 in support of Hawai‘i’s large Japanese-ancestry community. One of its members, Shigeo Yoshida, forecasted, “How we in Hawai‘i are going to live together after the war will depend on how we live together during the war.” On December 7, 1941, the council sprang into action—setting Hawai‘i’s Japanese community on a different course than their counterparts on the West Coast, where more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were relocated from their homes and unjustly interned.
Tom Coffman’s new film, The First Battle: The Battle for Equality in War-Time Hawaii, explores this behind-the-scenes battle for justice and equality in Hawai‘i and gives an explanation of why there was no mass internment of Hawai‘i’s 160,000 people of Japanese ancestry in World War II.
 “The First Battle is the root story of a multicultural people and their basis in civic life,” said Coffman, a producer, director and writer. “Without begging the question of 9/11, The First Battle captures people successfully working together under extreme stress against great odds. It will change how viewers see Hawai‘i.”
Coffman is author of non-fiction books, including Catch a Wave and The Island Edge of America; and is a producer/writer/director of films such as O Hawaii, Nation Within and Arirang I & II. Coffman has also received numerous awards, including the Hawaii Publishers Award for Best Non-Fiction Writing, 1999 and 2004; and Best Hawaii Filmmaker at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
Cost/Entry Fee: Tickets cost $10 (includes $2 restoration fee). To purchase tickets, log on to www.hawaiitheatre.com or call the Hawaii Theatre Box Office at (808) 528-0506.
Public contact information: Phone: (808) 945-7633.
Name of sponsoring organization: The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, strives to share the history, heritage and culture of the evolving Japanese American experience in Hawai'i. The Center features a Community and Historical Gallery, Resource Center, Kenshikan martial arts do¯jo¯, Seiko¯an Japanese teahouse and Gift Shop.
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