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(71 minutes), 2024
live action and animation documentary


Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama
tells the epic journey of the late Japanese Canadian photographer Tamio Wakayama who decides to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the deep south during the 1960’s American civil rights movement. Learning the art of dark room photography along the way, this transformative moment in time allows him to confront his own identity and return ‘home’ to the west coast of Canada to begin a body of photographic work that continues to celebrate, re-present and document the spirit of Japanese Canadians who resided in the former Paueru Gai/Powell Street neighborhoods.

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Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama was part of Doxa Documentary Film Festival 2024.

Cindy Mochizuki is an interdisciplinary artist based in Vancouver, BC, who's works reflects the experiences of Japanese Canadian communities, often intertwined with family history and site-specific narratives that are shared locally and internationally. Her multi-media works are actively displayed at several institutions and galleries across the country and overseas. Find out more about her here.