KYLYN Festival Film Screening & Q&A: Most Honorable Son

When

Monday May 6, 2024: 6:00pm to 7:30pm  Add to Calendar /   Add to Google Calendar

Where

Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Description

Most Honorable Son is the story of Ben Kuroki, the first Japanese American war hero—an airman over North Africa, Europe, and Japan. This documentary charts Kuroki's historic, controversial journey from the day Pearl Harbor was attacked to the atomic bombings of Japan.

Join the film's director, Bill Kubota, for a Q&A after the screening.

Bill Kubota has produced, written, directed and lensed local, regional and national documentaries for broadcast since the 1980s. His national projects include co-producing the Dupont Columbia Journalism award-winning Beyond The Light Switch series for Detroit Public Television. His work has also appeared on PBS NewsHour, ABC News, CBS News and ESPN. He’s worked as a producer, photographer, on-air reporter and news assignment manager for television stations in Lansing, Flint and Detroit. He’s currently working on short films that look at the major issues facing Metro Detroit for Detroit Public Television, One Detroit and DPTV’s Great Lakes Now.

This 57-minute film is unrated. This event is in partnership with Detroit Public Television as part of the KYLYN APIA Arts and Culture Festival.