Poston Restoration Project Artifact Donations

* Wedding Guest Book, 1944 Diary, final leave card, Poston Red Cross Directory, letters from George (camp 1) to Clara (camp 3) before/after wedding - family of George K. and Clara H. Obayashi

* Block 308 Cooks photo- T.  Kurihara (camp 3)

* Personal photos - G. Y. Kiyomoto (camp 3 visitor), L.(Nagata) Kiyomoto (camp 3), M.(Nakamura) Masada (camp 2), G.T. Ohama (camp 2)

* G.A.A. Championship Volleyball Team wooden plaque- L.(Nagata) Kiyomoto (camp 3)

* 4 painted hand-carved wooden bird pins- N. Kurokawa (camp 3)

* 1945 Campus Echoes Yearbook-L.(Nagata) Kiyomoto (camp 3)

* 1944 Campus Echoes Yearbook-L.(Nagata) Kiyomoto (camp 3)

* What I Have Accomplished In Core Studies essay by L. Nagata (Sophomore 1942-1943) (camp 3)

* "Autobiography" by L. Nagata (camp 3)

* Poston III blueprints - family of Yoshiyuki Nakamura (camp 3)

* Mohaveland" YBA Photo Directory - family of Paul Suyeda (camp 3)

* The First Year: Story of the Red Cross in Poston. Red Cross Membership Directory- K. Iwo (camp 2)

* Pacific Citizen (newspaper) - M.(Morioka) Ishida (camp 3)

* Poston Chronicles (newspaper)- M.(Morioka) Ishida (camp 3)

* Internee suitcase- Malcolm Matsumoto

* original Poston wood barrack with 2-tier roof - Virginia Ramsey

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"Passing Poston" film

Hi Folks:

Wanted to share with you the latest "Passing Poston" news:

SCREENINGS

New York in August

LOS ANGELES

Our engagement in LA was terrific.

A rave in the LA Times.

Box office records at the ImaginAsian Center.

An extended two and a half week run.

And wonderful press:

Orange County Register - http://artsblog.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/11/check-out-passing-poston/

Rafu Shimpo:

http://www.rafu.com/en/2008/0712/feature.html

Pacific American Citizen: http://www.pacificcitizen.org/content/2008/entertainment/july18-lin-passing-poston-1080.htm

PORTLAND,OREGON Hollywood Theatre

Know anyone in Portland?

We'll be playing there the weekends of Aug 8 and 15.

Show times will be posted soon.
http://www.hollywoodtheatre.org/engaging/coming_soon.html

SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

Over the last month - "Passing Poston" played to near capacity audiences at special screenings at The Japanese American National Museum-Los Angeles and The Smithsonian's Museum of the American Indian.

FILM FESTIVAL

"Passing Poston" has been accepted at the Eugene International Film Festival - our 5th film festival that we have been accepted at to date.

With best regards,

Joe and Jay

Joseph Fox jfox@flywall.com