Deep devotion to the game of baseball has been tossed between the U.S. and Japan since its opening to the West in the late 1800s, and mirrors profound shifts in diplomacy between the two nations. Diamond Diplomacy charts this 150-year story revealing pivotal moments of an often-controversial...
Mixing cultures, race and families is at the heart of any intercultural/interracial marriage. In Occidental Encounters, Yuriko Gamo Romer explores this subject while in the midst of her own “mixed” engagement and wedding. Two very colorful, more experienced couples expound on their experiences as the filmmaker...
In Friend Ships, the whimsical animation of soft puppets, brings to life the historical tale of Manjiro. In 1841 an American whaling ship came across five shipwrecked, Japanese fishermen. A bright and curious, fourteen year-old boy named Manjiro was among them. The doors of Japan had been...
“St. Gregory of Nyssa wrote, ‘The one thing truly worthwhile is becoming God’s friend.’ That matters more than doing things right, so God will reward you, or avoiding evil, so you won’t get punished” says Rick Fabian, rector of St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church...
