Performance Art

Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement — establishing a cultural voice

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of internment camps.  The Vancouver Asian Film Festival premiered brilliant films and documentaries this year. One that stood out was Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement, which tracks the life of third-generation Japanese immigrant Nobuko Miyamoto. As an artist and storyteller who decided to break away from the white gaze to create powerful performance art and music, Miyamoto has established a legacy of using art to unite communities and creating spaces to tell the stories of the unheard. During her childhood, Miyamoto and her family were part of the 120,000 Japanese Americans…

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