

On all other Thursdays, JANM is free from 5 p.m.–8 p.m. JANM is free every third Thursday of the month. JANM is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday–Sunday from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. In the heart of Miracle Mile, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Since opening to the public in 1992, JANM has presented over 70 exhibitions onsite while traveling 17 exhibits to venues such as the Smithsonian Institution and the Ellis Island Museum in the United States, and to several leading cultural museums in Japan and South America. The largest museum in the world dedicated to cinema is born in Los Angeles, California. Located in the historic Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles, JANM is a hybrid institution that straddles traditional museum categories and strives to provide a voice for Japanese Americans as well as a forum that enables all people to explore their own heritage and culture. Josh White, JWPictures/©Academy Museum Foundation Catherine Garcia Welcome to The Check-In, our weekend feature focusing on all. Remarkable location photography lends an air of realism to this once-lost treasure, which will be shown with live musical accompaniment by pianist, improviser, and composer Naomi Nakanishi.įollowing the film, Renee Tajima-Peña, professor of Asian American Studies at UCLA, will moderate a panel discussion with Stephen Gong, executive director of the Center for Asian American Media Karen Ishizuka, chief curator at JANM and Denise Khor, associate professor of Asian American Studies and Visual Studies at Northeastern University.Ībout the Japanese American National Museum (JANM)Įstablished in 1985, JANM promotes understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience. Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Saban Building. When they reunite four years later, they discover that their lives are irrevocably and tragically changed. As Masao becomes an athletic star at Berkeley, Hisa languishes in Japan. When the protagonist, Masao, leaves Japan to study at UC Berkeley, he also leaves his lover, Hisa, who is caring for her ailing father. The restoration was a partnership among Khor, JANM, and the George Eastman Museum and supported by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has landed.
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The three-reel film is believed to be the earliest Asian American film production. The ultimate film lovers’ guide to the new Academy Museum FULL COVERAGE of the making of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Made by the Japanese American Film Company, a company based in Los Angeles and led by Japanese immigrants, The Oath of the Sword had an all-Japanese cast. Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures is open: Sun - Thu 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Fri - Sat 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM. Once thought to be lost, the sole surviving print of The Oath of the Sword was recently rediscovered at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, by scholar Denise Khor of Northeastern University.

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The exhibition will run through June 2022 alongside Miyazaki film screenings at the museum’s theaters for the duration of its run.LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present the premiere screening of the recently restored 1914 silent film The Oath of the Sword at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, on Sunday, May 28, 2023, at 2 p.m. From there, visitors will learn more about Miyazaki’s characters and filmmaking background through galleries entitled “Creating Characters,” “Making Of,” “Creating Worlds,” “Transformations,” and “Magical Forest,” ending with a journey through a Spirited Away-themed portal. The exhibition is split into seven sections, beginning with the Totoro-themed “Tree Tunnel” gallery. All of the above joins a previously established schedule of ongoing activities. Miyazaki also co-founded Studio Ghibli, whose own museum in Japan is an equally big hit with fans of the director’s works. RELATED: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Announces Exhibitions Highlighting The Godfather, Agnès Varda, and More. Read customer reviews, see the opening times and get map directions for Academy Museum of Motion. It’s the first exhibition of its kind in North America, a retrospective of the life and career of the renowned Japanese animator behind such beloved films as Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Howl’s Moving Castle. Book your Academy Museum of Motion Pictures tickets online.

Photo: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures courtesy of Photo by Joshua White + JWPictures/Academy Museum Foundation/FacebookĪccording to Girard, the museum’s “Hayao Miyazaki” exhibition has been a “huge draw for people” ever since it opened in September 2021.
