On LOcAtion from california to the Philippines

In 1945 General MacArthur’s forces liberated my mother and thousands of others after years as POWs in the Santo Tomas Japanese Internment Camp in Manila. For decades afterwards the survivors would gather to remember those years of deprivation and imprisonment sharing stories of starvation and endurance. The gatherings used to number in the hundreds; today their numbers have dwindled down to a few. I wonder, as they age and pass on, will their stories likewise die? At the 80th anniversary of their rescue our team felt the survivors determination to meet once more to commemorate when their lives, their childhoods, were interrupted by war. Once again they gathered to share how they persevered, and to remember those who did not. Once again they passed around the microphone to give testimony, to once again recount a long forgotten history, and hope that their children and grandchildren will keep their memories alive after they’re gone. We recorded it all. And the went off to the Philippines to capture more childhood stories of this dramatic chapter of World War II. Join me as I tell their stories and attend every gathering we can until the last. I will keep their stories alive and the stories of those who helped them survive. ~ Arden Teresa Lewis, Director

We RAISED $32,000 in Pre-Production costs for our next film, The Last Reunion! We send a HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED US. We recently filmed in the Philippines for two weeks thanks to the support of the Kaplan -Loring Foundation and Seed & Spark donors and friends. More on our trip very soon! The money is being used to cover the costs of traveling with a crew to film interviews, to pay for archival photo and film licensing, production fees, editing, color correcting and sound editing, etc. CLICK HERE TO see updates at SEED&SPARK