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DESCRIPTION:6:00\n3 Minute Videos from LaborFest Japan (30 min.) 2010\nEvery year, 
 LaborFest Japan has a video competition for the best three minute videos. 
 These videos, which are being screened at LaborFest 2011 show the life of 
 working people in Japan.\n\n6:40\nKoji Ariyoshi (57min.) 2004 \nBy The 
 Center for Labor Education & Research Hawaii \nKoji Ariyoshi was born in a 
 coffee plantation in Hawaii in 1914 and later worked on the docks in Hawaii 
 and San Francisco where he also worked with ILWU Local 10 member Karl 
 Yoneda. He became a newspaper publisher and journalist and was incarcerated 
 during the 2nd world war and later went to Yenan, China. When he returned 
 to Hawaii, he was part of the Hawaii Seven who were prosecuted for being 
 members of the Communist 
 Party.\nhttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/May/05/il/il01a.html\n\n7:45\nBreathtaking 
  (43 min.) 2010 Canada \nBy Kathleen Mullen \nFilmmaker Kathleen Mullen’s 
 father died from Mesothelioma and she seeks answers about his death. 
 Through films of her father’s struggle for his health and his legal 
 battles, along with the international connections, including India, make 
 this a film not only about one worker’s contamination and death but also 
 about international connections. 
 \nhttp://www.kathleenmullen.com/breathtaking/\n\n8:40\nLiving By My 
 Principles (61 min.) 2010 Japan \nThis film shows the lives of three 
 Japanese teachers: Kimiko Nezu (home economics teacher), Miwako Sato (music 
 teacher) and Nobuo Dohi (High School Principal), who are opposing the 
 growing militarization of Japan. The government has demanded that all 
 teachers stand up for the national flag and sing the national anthem, which 
 supports the reactionary emperor system. Right wing nationalist politicians 
 have launched a campaign to fire those teachers who are brave enough to 
 stand up to these demands. Hundreds of teachers have been disciplined for 
 refusing to stand and have been fired and discriminated against. The film 
 shows how these teachers’ lives have changed in the process of fighting 
 for their principles. As Kimiko Nezu has said, she believes “children 
 need to be able to think on their own, and not be blind followers. As an 
 educator, I have a responsibility to teach them to be independent 
 thinkers.” The struggle to defend these teachers’ democratic and human 
 rights continues today in 
 Japan.\nhttp://www.doi-toshikuni.net/e/index.html\nSee 
 also:\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2011/2011Films.htm#F29\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2011/2011schedule.htm\nhttp://clear.uhwo.hawaii.edu/\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji_Ariyoshi\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Yoneda\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/06/20/18682400.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Films from Japan, Hawaii, Canada
LOCATION: 518 Valencia - near 16th St., San Francisco. 16th St BART.\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/06/20/18682400.php
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