In preparation for March’s production of “Snow Falling on Cedars” by Bainbridge Performing Arts, the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community will present three short films — “The Red Pines,” “The Woman Behind the Symbol” and “Visible Target” — relating to the historic Japanese American exclusion experience on Bainbridge Island.
“The Red Pines” explores the cultural forces that enabled many of the island’s Japanese American community to return and rebuild their lives after exile and incarceration by their own government during World War II.
“The Woman Behind the Symbol” highlights the story of 31-year-old islander Fumiko Hayashida, a Japanese American mother whose photograph by a Seattle Post-Intelligencer photographer has since become an iconic symbol of the internment experience.
“Visible Target” is a documentary that teaches, “it is a part of history almost too painful to talk about, yet impossible to forget.”
This free community multi-screening will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 at the Bainbridge Public Library (1270 Madison Ave. North).
The screening will be followed by discussions facilitated by members of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community.
Additional information is available through the Bainbridge Public Library at 206-842-4162 and through the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community at www.bijac.org.
