This DVD is a collection of media, stories, and artifacts from the Japanese American National Museum's exhibition Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden (2007).
Features include: Mamo's Weeds - A short film directed by Akira Boch and written by acclaimed mystery writer Naomi Hirahara, tells the intriguing story of Mamo Ikeda, a gardener besieged with a destructive weed epidemic and a series of mysterious phone calls from a woman who seems to know personal things about him. The film features the acting talents of Ken Takemoto, Sab Shimono, Rodney Kageyama, Bill Saito, Annie Rollins, Helen Ota, and Robert Covarrubius.
Two documentaries - Sam (dir. Margaret Bach, 1971) and I Don't Think I Said Much (dir. Jeff Furumura, 1973), which provide rare glimpses into the lives of two Southern California Japanese American gardeners in the 1970s
Mini Docs of Japanese American gardeners and gardens
Slide Show of historical artifacts and photographs from the Landscaping America exhibition
Total running time: 70 minutes
Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden was made possible in part by Presenting Sponsor: The Annenberg Foundation.
A production of the Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center
FOR HOME AND EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY.
Also available;
Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm
Sowing Dreams, Cultivating Lives: Nikkei Farmers in Pre-World War II Orange County
