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"When I began work on the film [Displaced View], I decided immediately that my primary audience would be the Japanese-Canadian communities. Within that community, my priority viewer would be the Issei, first-generation JCS. I felt that this generation, my grandmother's was dying out, and it was important for me to convey their story in their language."
-- Midi Onodera


Source:
Hoolboom, Mike. "Midi Onodera: Camera Obscura for Dreams." Interview with Midi Onodera. In Practical Dreamers: Conversations with Movie Artists. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2008. (p. 144)