Historical Indie Film Kintsukuroi Draws Overflow Crowd in Fremont
A local screening of the Japanese American historical drama Kintsukuroi brought a capacity crowd to Fremont Main Library.
Fremont Main Library hosted a packed auditorium for a special screening of Kintsukuroi, an independent feature film depicting the lives and resilience of Japanese Americans during World War II. The film is the work of Bay Area writer and director Kerwin Berk.
Interest in the screening surged through word of mouth, quickly exhausting online registration slots and leaving a standby line outside the library meeting room doors. The production drew on more than 150 community volunteers and filmed at recognizable Northern California locations, including San Francisco's Japantown and the Japanese American Museum in San Jose.
The film draws its title from the traditional Japanese art of repairing cracked pottery with gold lacquer, symbolizing strength found through enduring adversity. Due to overwhelming community interest, library staff are coordinating an encore screening scheduled for next February.