Live action (9:06 minutes) , 2019

Sue Sada Was Here is an experimental dance film that turns written texts (statements, essays, manuscripts and poetry) by Muriel Kitagawa (1912–1974) into scores of physical movement, which are then enacted in the historic Roedde House. Kitagawa, a Nisei (second generation Japanese Canadian) writer, wrote and published in an era similar to the Roedde family’s publishing activities.

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Cinematography and editing: Milena Salazar
Music: Joelysa Pankanea
Choreography: Lisa Gelley Martin 

Performers: Julia Aoki, Linda Hoffman, Naomi Horii, Saya de Couto-Hoffman, Cassandra Kobayashi, Lisa Gelley Martin, Erika Mitsuhashi, Tara Robertson, Lily Tamoto and Shana Wolfe

Lighting: James Proudfoot
Production assistants: Kazuho Yamamoto and Cherry Wen Wen Lu
Site assistants: Patrick Noda and Jacob Willcott
Stylists: Francis Cruz, Joanne Kim, Angela Ohana and Claudia Samaniego
Makeup: Marco Soriano
Props master: Malika Montague  

Available through distribution at Video Out Distributions.