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Season 3: Episode 5: Fall Seven Get Up Eight Filmmakers’ Interview

September 28, 2015 by admin Leave a Comment

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11/16/15: I’m excited to talk with the filmmakers behind Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Japanese War Brides.  It’s an excellent and moving documentary about the lost stories of the Japanese women who married Americans and came to the United States to find a new way of life.  Don’t miss this show! (This show was recorded in October 2015.)-Heidi Durrow

I talk with @fallseven filmmakers about their documentary about Japanese War Brides!

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Lucy Craft

 

Lucy Craft is a freelance broadcast reporter and producer based in Tokyo, but hails from Washington, D.C. Piqued by how her Japanese mother ended up with a Jewish guy from the Bronx, she eventually drifted to Tokyo, even settling in mom’s old neighborhood of Suginami. Lucy used to say it was in search of roots, but working on this war bride documentary has convinced her it’s more about a shared DNA for somewhat reckless adventure and wanderlust.

KarenBorn on a U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, Japan, Karen Kasmauski is the daughter of Steve, a career sailor who served in three wars, and Emiko, who still lives near the base in Norfolk, Va. Inspired by her father’s love of photography, Karen spent most of her career as a contract photographer at National Geographic, where she broke new ground covering fields from medicine to migration. Her work has taken her to every continent except Antarctica. This documentary is an attempt to better understand a mother who often seemed more like a neighbor than family.

 

 

 

KathrynKathryn Tolbert has worked for The Associated Press, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post as a reporter and editor. When she worked for the AP in Tokyo, and later for The Washington Post’s Tokyo Bureau, she often wrote about Japanese women.  The war bride story is one she has known she should tell, but looking into the lives of others comes more naturally than delving into her own mother’s. Working with Lucy, Karen and the Blue Chalk team has made it possible to finally tell her story.

 

You can now order a DVD copy of the film!  Get your copy now!  Email fallsevengetupeight@gmx.com for details!

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