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pictures television theatre website www.cedargroveproductions.com cedar grove productions is an independent production company based in los angeles ca . specializing in media and theatre arts representing the asian pacific american community . media projects are educational with visual communications vc serving as a non profit fiscal sponsor . 1 contents 1 motion picture background 2 television 3 theatre 4 educational efforts 5 community recognition 6 references 7 external links motion picture background edit company was founded 1996 by playwright tim toyama actor director chris tashima producer chris donahue and actor director tom donaldson to bring the story of holocaust rescuer chiune sempo sugihara to the screen by adapting toyama s original one act visas and virtue as a narrative short film . visas and virtue 1997 film won the academy award for live action short film at the 70th academy awards . 2 in tribute to that film s subject the company takes its name from the literal translation of sugihara sugi japanese meaning cedar and hara japanese meaning field or grove . 3 company describes itself as ... dedicated to developing and producing projects which boldly defy mainstream hollywood by giving asian americans the close up on screen or the spotlight on stage . 4 television edit cedar grove productions produced day of independence a narrative short film broadcast as a half hour pbs television special on khet pbs hawai i in 2005 . produced by lisa onodera the program received an emmy nomination from the natas san francisco northern california chapter in the category of historical cultural program special . 5 the fact based story followed a young nisei second generation japanese american baseball player during the japanese american internment in world war ii . theatre edit main article cedar grove onstage in 2006 cedar grove onstage was formed as a sister company focusing on live theatre . it joined a multicultural consortium called the cultural roundtable at the new latc . cedar grove onstage develops produces and presents new asian american theatre works with cedar grove productions co founder tashima serving as artistic director . productions will be presented at the latc venues in downtown los angeles . other performance groups belonging to the cultural roundtable include the latino theater company playwrights arena robey theatre company culture clash and american indian dance theatre project hoop . 6 cedar grove onstage developed be like water a play written by award winning performance artist dan kwong which was produced by east west players in association with cedar grove onstage in september 2008 . 7 educational efforts edit in 2000 cedar grove productions organized and presented the aja circle artists of japanese ancestry a day long seminar where japanese and japanese american theatre artists came together to share cultural experiences of the japanese american community s history in the u.s. and the artistic community of asian americans working in hollywood . moderated by playwright producer soji kashiwagi and tashima panelists included nisei playwrights hiroshi kashiwagi and wakako yamauchi as well as noted actors george takei tamlyn tomita clyde kusatsu amy hill marcus toji and greg watanabe . community recognition edit community organizations have recognized cedar grove productions for cultural and artistic contributions . honors include the biennium award from the japanese american citizens league 8 a community award given by the japanese american service committee of chicago a special recognition award from the japanese american cultural & community center a visionary award from east west players 9 and a humanitarian award received from the 1939 club a holocaust survivors organization . 10 references edit productions at visual communications site 70th oscars winners on indiewire http www.usc.edu student affairs dt v131 n04 04 vision.04d.html http www.cedargroveproductions.com daycreative main.html company website list of 35th norcal emmy noms ; p. 9 pdf the new latc cancels series by lynne heffley 2 26 08 on los angeles times online be like water on ewp site watsonville santa cruz jacl newsletter 7 06 ; nat l convention report ; p. 3 newswire finding common ground entertainment & arts music industry from allbusiness.com the 1939 club history external links edit cedar grove productions website cedar grove onstage on myspace the new latc website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cedar grove productions & oldid 743511970 categories asian american culture in los angelesasian american issuesasian american organizationsorganizations based in californiamedia companies established in 1996film production companies of the united statesmedia companies of the united statesvideo production companiescompanies based in los angelespacific islands american culture in californiahidden categories articles needing additional references from march 2008all articles needing 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