Wow, would love to see it. Bob S. On 3/26/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yesterday I was able to experience something truly unusual in film. > No, this is not "film vs digital" or anything stupid like that. > > There is an Asian film festival happening in San Jose this weekend. > Yesterday, I was privileged to join the audience for a viewing of "A > View from Topaz" ... an amazing film, shot and edited by one of the > people who lived in the internment camp in the Utah desert from April > of 1943 to May of 1945, displaced from home in San Francisco. The > film was shot *during his internment!*, an incredibly difficult thing > to conceive of since the mere possession of a camera by an internee, > at the time, was deemed illegal, a criminal act, etc. That this was > regular 8mm color film work, itself rare and unusual to see in home > movies of that era. The circumstances which enabled him to obtain his > movie camera, photograph the circumstances of his internment, have > the film processed and actually be able to see it *while still in the > internment camp* are without doubt unique. > > The photographer passed away last year, having used the same small > spring-wound 8mm movie camera to record his life from the early 1930s > up to the 1980s. It was a glimpse into a very difficult time for > Japanese Americans, and a special gift for those who appreciate what > photography can help us see. It was an amazing experience, a true > privilege to be able to participate in. > > Godfrey > >
