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Join us for a captivating evening of short film screenings hosted by SBTHP and its Asian American Affinity Group, showcasing unique perspectives and powerful storytelling. Whether you’re a film enthusiast, a supporter of Asian American voices, or just looking for an inspiring night out, this is an event not to miss!
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A Night of Shorts is free to attend for all SBTHP members, with a suggested $5 donation for non-members.
Seating is first come, first served!
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This film series is made possible by the generous support of the George H. Griffiths and Olive J. Griffiths Charitable Foundation.
Friday, February 28, 2025
6pm at the Alhecama Theatre (215A E. Canon Perdido Street)
'A Night of Shorts' Film Selections
HONOR THY MOTHER
by Lucy Ostrander
​Honor Thy Mother is the untold story of 36 Aboriginal women from Canada and Native women from tribes in Washington and Alaska who migrated in the 1940s to Bainbridge Island, the traditional territory of the Suquamish people. Click here to learn more about Honor Thy Mother.
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BASEBALL BEHIND BARBED WIRE
by Yuriko Gamo Romer
Baseball Behind Barbed Wire paints the story of Japanese American incarceration during WWII through the lens of baseball and how this national pastime flourished in all ten camps, spanning from California to Arkansas.  
BENKYODO: THE LAST MANJU SHOP IN J-TOWN
by Akira Bach & Tadashi Nakamura
Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town tells the story of Ricky and Bobby Okamura as they wrestle with closing their beloved family-owned manju shop, Benkyodo, after serving the San Francisco Japantown community for 115 years. 
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Previous Selections
2024
Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story
Nurse Unseen
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Finding Her Beat
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2023
Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066
Liquor Store Dreams
The Donut King
Chinatown Rising
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2022
A Vanished Dream: Wartime Story of My Japanese Grandfather
Waterman
Free Chol Soo Lee
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2021
Harana
Grasshopper for Grandpa
Sonzai: Japantown Santa Barbara
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2020
Flower Drum Song
Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings
Meditation Park
I Am Bruce Lee
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2019
Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority
For the Sake of the Children
ULAM: Main Dish
Bittersweet Roots: The Chinese in California's Heartland
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2018
Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice
Meditation Park
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers & the Chinese Exclusion Act
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2017
Off the Menu: Asian America
Comfort
My Life in China
Allegiance
2016
Chinese Couplets
Documented
Transcending - The Wat Misaka Story
Tyrus
2015
9man
Harana
Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings
2014
Anita Ho
Linsanity
My Grandfather’s Drum
2013
The Cats of Mirikitani
I am Bruce Lee
Somewhere Between
2012
Dim Sum Funeral
Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story
Snow Falling on Cedars
2011
American Pastime
The Debut
The Joy Luck Club
The Slanted Screen
2010
Flower Drum Song
Forbidden City
Picture Bride
Sewing Woman