Wednesday September 8, 2021

During the news last week, we spent some time with actor George Takei and composer Kenji Bunch on their new performance 'Lost Freedom: A Memory.' Debuting at the Moab Music Festival last weekend, the piece chronicles Takei’s early childhood spent in Japanese American confinement. Today we have a feature story on their performance, Takei’s visit to the former Moab Isolation Center site, and his lifelong activism to prevent racism through art.

Photo: George Takei onsite at the former Moab Isolation Center. The artist activist has made many pilgrimages to former confinement camps that held Japanese American civilians during WWII. Courtesy Richard Bowditch

For a transcript of this story and more photos, click here: https://www.kzmu.org/wednesday-september-8-2021/