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“Nobuko Miyamoto is an icon of Asian American music and activism. Since the early 1970s, she has been exploring ways to reclaim and respirit our minds, bodies, histories, and communities, using the arts to create social change and forge solidarity.
With NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT, filmmakers Tadashi Nakamura and Quyên Nguyen-Le deftly explore Nobuko Joanne Miyamoto’s life and career. As a singer, dancer, and long-time activist of the AAPI community, there is no better person to encapsulate this year’s theme of memory, reconnection, and vibrant community of Asian American ...
May 11, 2024 · Nobuko Miyamoto’s life blossomed in a time where immigrants and working-class people were in search of belonging in a changing America. Through her ceaseless labor in the arts, she not only found power in her practice but also joy and purpose in community. A performance by Nobuko Miyamoto will follow the screening.
Nobuko Miyamoto TAMPOPO, Nobuko Miyamoto, 1985. ©Janus TAMPOPO, from left: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, 1985. ©Janus TAMPOPO, Nobuko Miyamoto, 1985. ©Janus ...
Nobuko Miyamoto is a songwriter, dance and theater artist and Artistic Director of Great Leap, a Los Angeles-based arts organization she founded in 1978.
music, lyrics - Chris Iijima/Nobuko Miyamoto. We are the children of the migrant worker. We are the offspring of the concentration camp. Sons and daughters of the railroad builder. Who leave their stamp on America . We are the children of the Chinese waiter. Born and raised in the laundry room. We are the offspring of the Japanese gardener
May 5, 2022 · Performer and Activist Nobuko Miyamoto Nobuko Miyamoto is a groundbreaking Japanese American songwriter, dancer, and activist. She uses art to support and build community. In Broadway musicals and on the protest line, she has challenged racial and gender stereotypes. Born in Los Angeles, California, in 1939, Miyamoto was a small child when the ...
