Film Block #17 - Documentary Shorts

Are you attending multiple events or more than one day? Get your festival passes here. This AFMX 2024 film block includes selections in the Documentary Shorts category. The following titles are included in this screening block:

• DALE - Directed by Justin Streichman - “Dale Hikawa was the first Asian American woman to ever join the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Taking stock of her long career, this trailblazing violist reflects on her life and work. Hikawa played with the orchestra from 1980-2023 and served as the acting principal of the viola section, paving new roads as a Japanese American woman. Music provided Hikawa with Ikigai, a Japanese concept meaning “reason for being. "Dale" both illuminates and leaves mysterious those whose lives are devoted to following a muse." 

• SHURA - Written & Directed by David Damian Figueroa and Kayvon Derak Shanian - “The documentary short film Shura is about an eighty-four-year-old black belt in…