The Victoria Historical Society is hosting a talk and screening of In Our Grandparents Kitchen, which aims to explore what it means to be Japanese-Canadian.
Directed by Djuna Nagasaki, a fifth-generation Japanese-Canadian, the documentary and talk will examine Nagasaki's identity as a descendant of the Japanese internment and dispossession during the Second World War, and how the community uses food to come together and connect with their past.
“Growing up, I always loved spending time at my grandpa’s house. When I was little, I knew that a visit to my grandpa’s house meant that we were going to get a sushi feast, and I would spend the whole car ride up the island eagerly daydreaming about Futomaki rolls and sweet Inari pockets," she said in a news release.
Nagasaki is an anthropology student at the University of Victoria and is currently conducting research on Yonsei and Gosei identity, or fourth and fifth generation Japanese Canadians. She also works on a Japanese-Canadian legacies project on Mayne Island, sits on the Japanese Canadian Young Leaders committee and is on the board of the Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society.
The event will be held on Thursday, Oct. 24 at James Bay New Horizons. Doors open at 7:15 p.m.
