Preservation
VC owns and maintains one of the most extensive repositories of 20th century Asian Pacific American culture and history. Our archives hold over 300,000 photographic images, 1,500+ titles in the Media Resource Library, and over 1,000 hours of oral histories and interviews. We are actively converting older formats into digital versions to ensure this visual record is available for future generations.
Access to the VC Archives and Media Resource Library is available by appointment. Please contact Kennedy Kabasares at 213-680-4462 x32 or kennedy@vconline.org.
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DID YOU KNOW...
Visual Communications' landmark
production VAITAFE: RUNNING WATER, was co-directed by Takashi Fujii and Foe Alo, Jr. with the support of VC staffers and novice
Samoan American filmmakers from L.A.'s Harbor district. The film premiered in 1982 with a community luau and celebration at Harbor College, in
the heart of L.A.'s Pacific Islander community.
