Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama

Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama (2024) is a documentary, animation film directed by Cindy Mochizuki.

Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama tells the epic journey of the late Japanese Canadian photographer Tamio Wakayama who decides to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the deep south during the 1960’s American civil rights movement. Learning the art of dark room photography along the way, this transformative moment in time allows him to confront his own identity and return ‘home’ to the west coast of Canada to begin a body of photographic work that continues to celebrate, re-present and document the spirit of Japanese Canadians who resided in the former Paueru Gai/Powell Street neighborhoods.

Cast

Tamio Wakayama

Himself (archive footage)

Jody Richardson

Herself

Mas Nakawatse

Himself

Leslie Kellen

Herself

Michiko Sakata

Herself

Linda Hoffmann

Herself

Bryce Kanbara

Himself

Kathy Shimizu

Herself

Paul Wong

Himself

Hiro Kanagawa

Tamio Wakayama / Narrator (voice)