Third Act | Trailer
Preview: Season 27 Episode 12 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura honors his father, Robert A. Nakamura, and their shared legacy.
Robert A. Nakamura helped shape Asian American cinema. Now, his son films their final act together. As Parkinson’s disease and political unrest reopen buried trauma, Third Act captures an intimate reckoning between father and son using film to say what words never could.
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Third Act | Trailer
Preview: Season 27 Episode 12 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Robert A. Nakamura helped shape Asian American cinema. Now, his son films their final act together. As Parkinson’s disease and political unrest reopen buried trauma, Third Act captures an intimate reckoning between father and son using film to say what words never could.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipMy dad is known as the godfather of Asian American media.
My whole life, I always knew I had to make a film about my dad.
He never pushed me to be a filmmaker and wanted me to find my own path.
I didn't know it then, but that was the start of my journey as Bob Nakamura's son, the kid destined to fulfill his father's legacy.
- The film is going to be short, right?
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