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Masters of Modern Design: The Art of the Japanese American Experience (2019)
Directed by Akira Boch
Documentary · 56m
From the hand-drawn typeface on the book cover of The Godfather to Herman Miller’s biomorphic coffee table, the work of Japanese American artists/designers including Ruth Asawa, George Nakashima, Isamu Noguchi, S. Neil Fujita, and Gyo Obata permeated American postwar culture. While these second generation Japanese American artists have been celebrated, less-discussed is the powerful effect their World War II incarceration—a period of intense hardship and discrimination—had on their lives and art.
Crew
- Director
- Akira Boch
- Producer
- Matthew Crotty, Akira Boch, Jacqueline Reyno, Evan Kodani, Yuka Murakami
Details
- Release date
- 2019-05-06
- Runtime
- 56m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English