This virtual conversation will center on the experiences of L.A. artist Miné Okubo and her family in the Japanese American community during World War II, when they were forcibly incarcerated in internment camps, how they survived, and how Okubo used her art to bear witness in her visual memoir Citizen 13660.

Highlights include the municipal Daly Building, built with PWA funds, the Federal Trade Commission Building with massive stone sculptures by WPA artists, and the Washington Monument, which needed repairs in the 1930s.

This workshop with Docs in Progress focuses on tools for writing your documentary treatment, with exercises to bring out your film’s storytelling strengths, identify audiences (for the film and the treatment), and identify what you need for your narrative. You will practice exercises that explore main characters and scene visualization. We’ll conclude with a brief… Read More »Writing the Documentary Treatment