Visual Communications
07/07/2026
Visual Communications is thrilled to present HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER at Yu-Ai Kai Japantown Community Senior Center () in San Jose on July 8, 2026 @ 1PM (PST) 🎥 💫
Co-directed by pioneering filmmaker Robert A. Nakamura and San Jose native Duane Kubo, HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER (1980) is the first feature-length drama created by and about Asian Pacific Americans!
Starring Academy Award-nominated actor Mako, the film follows Oda, an aging Issei laborer whose life reflects the struggles, resilience, and contributions of Japanese Americans across generations. Catch the 4K Restoration of HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER for FREE in San Jose!
📆 Wednesday, July 8, 2026 @ 1:00PM (PST)
📍 Yu-Ai Kai Japantown Community Senior Center (588 N. 4th Street, San Jose, CA 95112)
🔗 Learn more at yuaikai.org/ -event=movies-at-yak-special-film-viewing-hito-hata-raise-the-banner
06/25/2026
VC is pleased to announce that Benjamin Pola (our 2026 AWC Fellow) will be presenting his film “Tuimaseve: A High Chief Story” at the 2026 Māsima Film Festival! His film will be played within the Tides of Truth: Shorts Collection starting at 9:00PM.
Māsima Film Festival was founded in 2021 by the Salt Lake Film Society and the Utah Pacific Island Film Series by our 2022-2023 AWC alum Lauren To’omalatai! Māsima is an annual film festival entering its 6th season of showcasing films by Pasifika Filmmakers, or that center Pasifika narratives.
Be sure to support both hardworking artists at this event (as well as the many other talented filmmakers) 🌟
📆 Thursday, June 25th, 9:00PM
📍Salt Lake Film Society’s Broadway Centre Cinemas
💰$13.75 for General Admission, $12.25 for Senior GA (65+)
🔗Learn more at https://slfstix.org/broadway/masima-pacific-islands-film-festival/tides-of-the-truth-short-film-program
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR 2026-2027 ARMED WITH A CAMERA FELLOWSHIP 📣
Since 2002, Armed with a Camera Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists (AWC) has developed and supported over 175 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) filmmakers. Cultivating a rising generation of artists committed to social and political changes and movements, these storytellers have empowered communities and challenged perspectives through their creative works.
For the 2026-2027 cohort, we are looking for SoCal-based AANHPI artists to utilize this year's theme, "MOVEMENT," as a point of inspiration. During this time of political and social turbulence, we invite future fellows to reflect on the past and present while considering what moves them, both body and mind, whether it is a journey, a gesture, a belief, or a memory.
Visual Communications will work with the Fellows for 12-15 months (Starting in Fall 2026). Their projects will World Premiere at the 43rd Edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. During the program, Fellows will be supported by mentors and advisors while creatively producing works to engage our communities. Each Fellow will receive a $2,500 personal stipend, in addition to a $2,500 project stipend to support the creation of their media works.
📅 The deadline to apply is Friday, July 31, 2026 @ 10PM (PST)
🔗 vcmedia.org/awc
Join our virtual Open House to learn more about the AWC program! Further details regarding an in-person AWC Open House will be released later this month, to be held in late July.
💻 6/30 @ 5PM - 7PM (PST)
🔗 RSVP at vcmedia.org/awc
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