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NANCY DICKERSON WHITEHEAD AWARD
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1999 HBO BROADCAST
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Creative Arts EMMY Nomination - Best Direction
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1996 NHK BROADCAST
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UNESCO AWARD Outstanding Production Depicting AIDS on Human Beings
GOLD APPLE AWARD National Educational Media Award
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CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Bronze Award
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1994 PBS BROADCAST
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1993
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1992 National Broadcast on PBS
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Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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1991 ACADEMY AWARD Best Documentary Short Subject
Broadcast Nationally on PBS’ P.O.V.
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GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY Award
France’s SECRETARIAT D'ETAT, Grand Prix
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SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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Learn More About the Japanese American Incarceration
DENSHO
50 OBJECTS/STORIES
1988
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SAN FRANCISCO INT’L FILM FESTIVAL Golden Gate Silver Award
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ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL New York
July 1987 THEATRICAL RELEASE
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SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Golden Gate Special Jury Award
SAN FRANCISCO MAGAZINE
Best Bay Area Film
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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
HAWAI’I INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
1985 ACADEMY AWARD Nomination
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EFLA AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
1982 PBS BROADCAST
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JOHN MUIR MEDICAL FILM FESTIVAL
Medical Sociology Award
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MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL
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