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From JA to Shohei: Baseball and the Japanese American Experience (MBP Hats available on site)

  • 18th Street Arts Center 1639 18th Street Santa Monica, CA, 90404 (map)

A Short Film by Yuriko Gamo Romer

Screening of Baseball Behind Barbed Wire, Yuriko Gamo Romer’s outstanding documentary short, plus a lively panel discussion with author, historian, professor Susan H. Kamei; author, filmmaker, Nisei Baseball Research Project founder Kerry Yo Nakagawa; Southern California NAU Baseball League President Bobby Umemoto, and Great Leap’s Associate Artistic Director and Manzanar Baseball Project Director Dan Kwong.

Free + Open to the Public. For tickets, and more info, please visit https://18thstreet.org/event/from-ja-to-shohei/

P.S. MBP Hats will be available for purchase or pick-up on site. You can pre-order here.

Great Leap is not an organizer for this event.

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