Old Man River
“Winner of Cinequest and Vermont Film Festivals and the American Cinema Editors Eddy Award for Best Edited Documentary.”
Overview
Documentary film version of the stage show in which actress Cynthia Gates Fujikawa explores the story of her father, actor Jerry Fujikawa, who had a long career in films and television, most often as a stereotyped Asian. The daughter, in the course of searching out her late father's history, discovers many things that she had not known, among them that her father had spent time in Manzanar, the internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II, that he had had a family prior to hers, and that somewhere out there was a sister she had never known existed.
Top-billed cast
- JJerry Fujikawa
- CCynthia Gates Fujikawa
Crew
- Director
- Beth Schachter
- Writer
- Cynthia Gates Fujikawa
- Producers
- Cynthia Gates Fujikawa, Allan Holzman
- Production
- 716 Productions
Frequently asked questions
What is Old Man River rated?
Old Man River does not yet have enough audience votes for a stable rating.
Who directed Old Man River?
Old Man River was directed by Beth Schachter.
When was Old Man River released?
Old Man River was released in 1999.
