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Where is your heart at home? Where is it safe to lay your head? The work of creating and preserving belonging never ends. Poet or cartoonist, runner or knitter – there are ways of weaving connection.
Please select a title on the right to learn about each film included in this block.
Mari Arakaki Gaskins shares her immigrant story with her filmmaker granddaughter, Anya. After growing up in Okinawa, she moved to America. In a world of Garfield and Mr Potato Head, could she break into newspaper cartoons with a comic strip about a young Japanese girl?
WOFFF connection: Animation character Mari Arakaki Gaskins
- Runtime7 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- GenreAnimation
- DirectorAnya Vaughn
Where is your heart at home? Where is it safe to lay your head? The work of creating and preserving belonging never ends. Poet or cartoonist, runner or knitter – there are ways of weaving connection.
Please select a title on the right to learn about each film included in this block.
Mari Arakaki Gaskins shares her immigrant story with her filmmaker granddaughter, Anya. After growing up in Okinawa, she moved to America. In a world of Garfield and Mr Potato Head, could she break into newspaper cartoons with a comic strip about a young Japanese girl?
WOFFF connection: Animation character Mari Arakaki Gaskins
- Runtime7 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- GenreAnimation
- DirectorAnya Vaughn