DIGITAL HISTORIES
Digital Histories is a mechanism for APA older adults to use their unique voices and perspectives in sharing stories with the generations to come. Since its creation in 2003, Digital Histories has provided a professional and artistic work environment for underserved, ethnic-minority seniors in the Los Angeles-based Asian Pacific American community. Past documentary projects have focused on issues such as discovering and preserving family histories, coming to terms with a gay child, and senior love and dating.
Featured DH Projects
GONE
Directed by Robert Shoji (DH 2019)
We often don’t appreciate what we have until it’s GONE. This film looks at present day Little Tokyo and the changes taking place. The question: Will we stand by until Little Tokyo is GONE, or will we stand up and fight for the future of our community?
DEAR SALLY,
Directed by Patty Fong (DH 2020)
In 1953, a young man in Los Angeles wrote to a girl in St. Louis. The letters between the pen-pals evolved into a courtship that spanned over four years.
THE TRAVELING RICE POT
Directed by George Wada (DH 2018)
This is the story of a rice pot that became part of a family – observing their journey from East LA to the internment camps, being deported to Japan and coming back to the US, and then being replaced by modern technology.