2026
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HOMEGROWN: Horizons

Japantown: What is Lost, What Remains

Paul Iwasaki was raised in Salt Lake City’s historic Japantown, a thriving neighborhood of locally owned businesses and cultural centers and an essential hub for Utah’s Japanese community. Fifty years later, he’s battling the forces of urban development to protect its only remaining landmarks and to restore the neighborhood’s cultural legacy.

FILM TOPICS
Biographical
Social Issues & Human Rights
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HOMEGROWN: Horizons
REGIONAL FOCUS
United States
Mountain West Region (U.S.)
DEMOGRAPHIC FOCUS
Asian Communities