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World Television Premiere of STOLEN MEMORIES

15 years in the making, Stolen Memories is being broadcast live on OMNI on March 4th in BC, Alberta and Ontario at 9 pm local time.

W2 Media Cafe (111 West Hastings) presents the World Television Premiere Gala of Stolen Memories on March 4th. Attend this special event that features an opening reception where key note speakers including Kirsten McAllister and Judy Hanazawa – leaders from the Japanese Canadian community who will speak about the film’s impact on the symbolic healing of the Japanese Canadian community from the internment.

A new photo album will be presented to the Kamitakahara family (the owners of the lost photo album) as a symbolic gesture of a new beginning for a new generation.

The filmmakers will be present, including writer/producer/director Kagan Goh and producer Imtiaz Popat who will be doing a Q & A. Food and refreshments will be served. Then stay for the celebration with dance music by DJ MTS (a.k.a Imtiaz Popat) of CFRO CO-OP Radio 102.7 FM.

FILMS’ SYNOPSIS:



STOLEN MEMORIES is a detective story about filmmaker Kagan Goh’s personal quest to return a photo album that was lost by a Japanese Canadian family during the Japanese internment. Kagan, aided by Mary Seki, his 70-year old detective sidekick, embarked upon a quest to find the rightful owners, find out what happened to them and return their lost photo album to them. Documenting the search as well as redressing the wrongs of the past is a symbolic “homecoming” – coming home in terms of returning to a place of self-acceptance, belonging, wholeness and healing.

STOLEN MEMORIES reflects deeply rooted issues of prejudice which have affected the Japanese Canadian community throughout the last one hundred years, experienced not just by the family but by the Japanese Canadians who helped in the quest to return the ‘stolen’ photo album. The extraordinary story is a microcosm within the macrocosm of the Japanese Canadian legacy.

“It’s a very effective way of touching on an important common feature of the internment – loss of much family material due to forced relocation. The personal touch seems a good idea too, as many such documentaries have been a bit distant from the victims.”

– Stan Fukawa, former president of the Japanese Canadian National Nikkei Museum

CHECK OUT THE FILM’S WEBSITE: WWW.STOLENMEMORIESMOVIE.COM

GALA CELEBRATION:

WHERE: W2 MEDIA CENTER – 111 WEST HASTINGS

WHEN: MARCH 4TH



• DOORS AT 7.30PM

• FOOD AND REFESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

• SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY GUEST SPEAKERS AT 8PM

• KAGAN GOH PRESENTING NEW ALBUM TO KAMITAKAHARA FAMILY AT 8.30PM

• SCREENING AT 9PM

• Q & A WITH FILMMAKERS AT 10PM

• DANCING INTO THE NIGHT WITH DJ MTSCOST: SUGGESTED DONATION: $10

NO ONE WILL BE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS