Genres
Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song In Movement
Overview
NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT chronicles the extraordinary journey of the legendary Nobuko Miyamoto – a dancer, singer, and activist driven by a lifelong passion for social justice and community engagement. A SONG IN MOVEMENT vividly captures the many evolutions of Miyamoto’s creative practice, portraying her as a catalyst and signature voice for the Asian American movement in its infancy. She was a member of the groundbreaking folk trio A Grain of Sand, famously introduced by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on national television, and a founder of Great Leap, a multicultural arts organization that promotes dialogue through community-based projects. With rare archival footage and insightful interviews, NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT celebrates her enduring legacy as a master storyteller and a beacon of change, inspiring generations of immigrants, activists, artists, and everyday people to find their collective voice in a world ever in flux.
Key Crew
Director: Tadashi Nakamura, Quyên Nguyen-Le
Director of Photography: Jess X. Snow, Corey Cao Nguyen