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Category: Japanese Films

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 Jana J. Monji

SDCC 2019: Godzilla at 65

December 7, 2016December 7, 2016 Jana J. Monji

Remembering Pearl Harbor: ‘None But the Brave’

October 29, 2016November 5, 2016 Jana J. Monji

‘Tampopo’ Means Rāmen Time ✭✭✭✭✭

October 21, 2016October 31, 2016 Jana J. Monji

‘Shin Gojira’ (Godzilla Resurgence) ✭✭✭: Science Fiction as Protest

August 19, 2016August 2, 2018 Jana J. Monji

‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ and the Buddhist Moon

June 23, 2016August 2, 2018 Jana J. Monji

The Cultural Significance of the Whale in ‘The Boy and the Beast’

July 3, 2015 Jana J. Monji

Reflections on ‘When Marnie Was There’

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  • Ms. Geek Speaks: Did Black Lives Matter Get Played? June 4, 2020
    A week ago on (27 May 2020) Wednesday, protestors made it clear that the Los Angeles demonstrations about police brutality in another city in a different state weren’t going to be peaceful. That should have been a warning to the organizers of the protests and to anyone who joined them. To be clear, I believe […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘First Vote’: Chinese Americans and Trump May 15, 2020
    Yi Chen could not have imagined how more intensely interesting his one-hour documentary, “First Vote,” would become. The film follows two men and two women, all Chinese American, and both for and against Trump and covers 2016 to 2018. You might find some of this infuriating, but we do have to learn how to have […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • PBS ‘Asian Americans’ Episode 5: ‘Breaking Through’ May 14, 2020
    The last episode of the PBS “Asian Americans” is about “Breaking Through” and where we are today although so much can be added now with the swell of COVID-19 related events. At the beginning stand-up comedian Hari Kandabalou reminds viewers that it is predicted that white people will be the minority in a couple of […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • PBS ‘Asian Americans’ Episode 2: ‘A Question of Loyalty’ May 14, 2020
    The second episode of “Asian Americans” is “A Question of Loyalty” and while this episode centers on one exceptional Japanese American family, it also looks at how other Asian American families dealt with World War II as well. The title refers to the loyalty questionnaire that divided up the Japanese American community, but also the […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • PBS “Asian Americans’ Episode 1 ‘Breaking Ground’ May 14, 2020
    Imagine seeing your co-workers die and sending back their remains to their families and after surviving several years of hard labor, not being invited to the party. One hundred and fifty years later, descendants of this survivors were the honored guests at Promontory, Utah, making sure their photos were taken so that belatedly their forefathers […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Asian Pacific American Month: Bangladesh May 3, 2020
    Bangladesh is in Southern Asia and according to the CIA Fact Book, ” bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India” and is “slightly larger than Pennsylvania and New Jersey combined; slightly smaller than Iowa.” The population is 89 percent Muslim and 10 percent Hindu. Less than 0.9 percent are other (Buddhist or Christian). […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Armenia May 2, 2020
    People who love Zankou Chicken are greatly indebted to Armenia, and there are a number of high profile Armenian Americans (including the Kardashians). Los Angeles boasts a high number of Armenian Americans, with a concentration in Glendale. Armenia is located “south of the great mountain range of the Caucasus and fronting the northwestern extremity of […] […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Afghanistan May 2, 2020
    What do Josh Gad and Robert Joffrey have in common? They are both Afghan Americans. Afghan Americans include various ethnic groups (Pashtun, Tajik, Uzbek). Afghanistan is located in South and Central Asia. The US Census considers Afghan Americans to be white. Josh Gad’s father is an Afghan-Jew. Gad played Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical […] […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: What is Asia? May 2, 2020
    I once was the provocateur in a USC graduate journalism class when a classmate described a person in the New York subway as Asian. Just what does that mean? I had already lived for more than a year in England less than a decade before, been to Japan three times. During one stay in Japan […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Rosalind Chao on ‘Thousand Pieces of Gold’ and COVID-19 Racism May 1, 2020
    Want to support indie cinemas and watch a tale of the Wild West that portrays one woman’s gutsy fight out of slavery and into the history books? You don’t even have to leave your house or drive to some faraway city. The film, Thousand Pieces of Gold, won high praise for Rosalind Chao’s performance and […]
    Jana J. Monji
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