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Producer: Refugee. Spencer Nakasako is known for Refugee (2003), Kelly Loves Tony (1998) and Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989).
- Spencer Nakasako
Spencer Nakasako has over three decades of experience as an independent filmmaker. He won a National Emmy Award for a.k.a. Don Bonus, the video diary of a Cambodian refugee teenager that aired on the PBS series P.O.V. and screened at the Berlin International Film Festival.
- Spencer Nakasako
Spencer Nakasako has worked in the Southeast Asian communities of San Francisco and Oakland, training at-risk refugee youths to make films about their own lives. He is best known for his National Emmy Award-winning documentary a.k.a. Don Bonus and his film Refugee won the Inspirational Film Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
Spencer Nakasako. Producer: Refugee. Spencer Nakasako is known for Refugee (2003), Kelly Loves Tony (1998) and Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989).
Spencer Nakasako was the facilitator for Freedom on the Block? (Vietnamese Youth Development Center, 2004) in San Francisco, California. He has over thirty-five years experience as an award-winning independent filmmaker.
Director: Spencer Nakasako. Producer: Sokly Ny. Executive Producer: Center for Asian American Media . Ethnicity: Cambodian. Subjects: Culture Clash, Family, New Immigrants and Refugees (Past & Present), Personal Stories, Youth. This film is part of the collection: Spencer Nakasako's Trilogy.
Spencer Nakasako has pioneered a powerful new form of camcorder diary in collaboration with young Southeast Asian refugees in youth video programs he mentored in San Francisco. For more than a decade, Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian youths have produced short videos based on their personal memories and experiences.