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"Mother Tongue" series screened at the JCCC
by Nikkei Voice, 11/1/2005

Toronto - The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto screened two episodes of Susan Poizner's Mother Tongue documentary series on October 26 at 7.30pm. The episodes screened were "Kimiko Murakami: Triumph Over Internment" and the Rwandan episode "Juliet Karugahe: Between Two Worlds."

Susan Poizner and Juliet Karugahe attended the screening for a Q&A, at which Poizner expressed her passion for cultures leading to the creation of the series.

Mother Tongue will be broadcast in Vancouver on Channel M starting in January 2006. There will also be a screening of the Kimiko Murakami episode, alongside the Chinese episode about Mary Lee Chan, at a launch and the Vancouver Museum on January 12, 2006.

Photo: Mother Tongue series director and producer Susan Poizner and Juliet Karugahe browse through the JC history display at the JCCC in Toronto on October 26, prior to the screening in the Kobayashi Hall.

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