Short Docs Web Series - Tim Okamura's Journey
CUNY TV Digital Series' Producer Darrell Brown interviews painter Tim Okamura, whose art blends graffiti and realism depicting New York City’s diverse inhabitants. Born and raised in Canada, with his background being Newfoundland and Japanese, Okamura focuses his art on a slice of life in the United States that allows him to express his racial identity.
Date: 11/3/2017
Short Docs Web Series showcases short documentaries about NYC’s minority communities and examines issues including immigration, human rights, education, diaspora, multiculturalism, environmental issues and criminal justice. Short Docs creates a fresh multi-cultural dialogue and amplifies the film's issues through social media. The documentaries, produced by Third World Newsreel, stream along with interviews with the filmmakers and subjects related to the pieces at www.cuny.tv/shortdocs
Discover more of CUNY TV's Short Docs Web Series at http://tv.cuny.edu/media/shortdocs
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