A Story Unspoken, Not Forgotten

ORIGINALLY AIRED 5/23

We know Hiroshima and Nagasaki, yet have you ever heard of the Tokyo Firebombing of 9-10 March 1945? This event left Tokyo's Shitamachi District in cinders and corpses, leaving 100,000 dead and a million homeless; a toll exceeding Hiroshima. Julia Morizawa's independent animated short film, Dragonfly, is an inspired account of her grandmother's survival from that chaotic night that changed Tokyo forever. We talk:

• Inspiration for the film

• Creative process in balancing factual history and personal family testimony

• Developing her FIRST animated feature

• Crafting and portraying her grandmother for Dragonfly

• Clarifying the ending; leaving the conversation in the dark

Dragonfly is currently in the festival circuit - release TBD

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Many thanks to:

• Julia Morizawa of Infinite Pictures for her time and insight.

• Deborah Gilels of LA Media Consultants for organizing this interview

• Los Angeles Asian Pacific Islander Film Festival for hosting Dragonfly