MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST
57 MIN | DOCUMENTARY | ANN KANEKO
- SYNOPSIS
At the foot of the majestic snow-capped Sierras, Manzanar, the WWII concentration camp, becomes the confluence for memories of Payahuunadü, the now-parched “land of flowing water.” Intergenerational women from Native American, Japanese American and rancher communities form an unexpected alliance to defend their land and water from Los Angeles.
A co-production of the Center for Asian American Media and Vision Maker Media.
Release: July 18, 2022
Expiration: July 17, 2026
Distributor: POV
Rights: Six (6) releases over four (4) years beginning 7/18/2022;
SCH/1YR (for K-12); and non-commercial cable rights.
ANN KANEKO
Director/Producer
ANN KANEKO is known for her personal films that weave her intimate aesthetic with the intricacies of political reality. She is an Emmy winner, and her work has screened internationally and been broadcast on PBS. She has been commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Endowment and the Skirball Cultural Center. Her credits include A FLICKER IN ETERNITY, based on Stanley Hayami’s diary; AGAINST THE GRAIN: AN ARTIST’S SURVIVAL GUIDE TO PERU, highlighting Peruvian political artists; and 100% HUMAN HAIR, a musical for the AFI Directing Workshop for Women. Fluent in Japanese and Spanish, Kaneko has been a Fulbright and Japan Foundation Artist fellow. She is a member of New Day Films, a distribution cooperative. She has an MFA from UCLA, teaches at Pitzer College and is the artist mentor for VC’s Armed with a Camera Fellowship.
