Co-Sponsors: American Ethnic Studies, American Indians Studies, Comparative History of Ideas, Japan Studies Program, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Program on the Environment, English, and the Banks Center for Educational Justice at UW College of Education, Densho

Composing a score for a film about the interrelation of Indigenous dispossession, Japanese American incarceration, and ecological catastrophe posed complex challenges, even before the Covid-19 pandemic upended typical modes of artistic collaboration. In this event, the composing team of Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust (Lori Goldston, Alex Miranda and Steve Fisk), along with contributing sound artist Susie Kozawa, singer Sage Romero and filmmaker Ann Kaneko, gather to talk about the challenges of aurally representing intersecting histories of organizing and resistance on Native land, and the unique process of improvisation they developed while working remotely. This "dream team" of artists will reflect on questions of musical structure, community, authenticity, ethics and film practice, in developing an award-winning score that embodies the sounds of Payahuunadü.
 

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