Event Highlights

The Big Read FOCUSES on Film: "The Cats Of Mirikitani"
Special Guest: Producer/Director Linda Hattendorf

October 25, 2007, Cascade Theatre, Redding

Co-sponsored by Shasta County Library Foundation

A Japanese-American orphan in the 40's, Dennis Bambauer spent his childhood in an internment camp. He tells his story, and is joined by Linda Hattendorf, who directed the documentary, "The Cats of Mirikitani" based on the life of a NYC artist who lived in the Tule Lake, Oregon internment camp during World War 2. To listen to the interview, click on The Jefferson Exchange Radio Interview link above.