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Date: Sunday, 7 May, 2023       Time: 8:45 pm
Map of Japanese American National Museum (JANM), Los Angeles, Japantown Little Tokyo, 100 N. Central Avenue

DRAGONFLY is written, produced, and directed by Julia Morizawa, animation director Maria Marta Linero & RolyPoly Animation, lead animator Eva Benitez, sound designer Giorgia Garcia-Moreno, composer Aiko Fukushima, and featuring the voices of Miya Kodama, Erika Ishii, and Thomas Isao Morinaka.

Komoro, Japan, 1956. 10-year-old Sumiko chases a red dragonfly through her family’s farm while her mother, Yoshiko, watches from a distance. Tokyo, 1945. Yoshiko, her husband, Susumu, and their baby boy, Kiyoshi, are forced to evacuate their home when hundreds of B-29 bombers drop incendiary bombs on the city, erupting into a massive fire.

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Japanese American National Museum

Date
May 7, 2023

Time
8:45 pm

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Credits
Writer: Julia Morizawa
Producer: Julia Morizawa
Executive Producer: Julia Morizawa, Brian Sturges, James Babbin, John Titchenal, Lucas A. Ferrara, Derek Kolterman, Christopher Luk
Animation Director: Maria Marta Linero
Lead Animator: Eva Benitez
Production Designer:
Composer: Aiko Fukushima
Sound Designer: Giorgia Garcia-Moreno

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Sunday, 7 May, 2023



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