blacks in Japanese films

[Bill Thompson]

Ayanna Hobbs <hobbs.35 at osu.edu> wrote:
Subject: Re: blacks in Japanese films

>Does anyone know of any films where blacks (African-Americans) appear i
>Japanese films or in Japanese literature between 1930's - 1970's?      ink


The following item comes from a list of upcoming events at the
Asia Society in New York.  It doesn't answer the question, but
may be of interest to the poster and others.  The phone number
is that of the Asia Society, but they might be able to
provide further information/phone numbers.    Bill Thompson


>Struggle and Success: The African American Experience in Japan
>
>November 5 at 6:30 p.m.: a film screening followed by discussion with
>producer/director Regge Life, Reginald Kearney, author of African
>American Views of the Japanese: Solidarity or Sedition? (SUNY Press,
>1998), and Kathryn Leary, The Leary Group, Inc. and Publisher,
>JAPANWATCH. Free to Members; $5 nonmembers. Call 212-288-6400 for
>tickets.