Because of you, I am / directed by Doug Menuez ; producers, Marisa Maldonado, Doug Menuez ; Menuez Pictures, Kanreki Productions.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Menuez, Doug, director, producer, editor of moving image work.

Hirabayashi, Roy, speaker.

Hirabayashi, PJ, speaker.

Maldonado, Marisa, producer.

Menuez Pictures, production company.

Kanreki Productions, publisher, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hirabayashi, Roy.

San Jose Taiko Group.

Taiko.

Drummers (Musicians)--Japan--Biography.

Drummers (Musicians).

Drummers (Musicians)--United States--Biography.

Japanese Americans--Ethnic identity.

Japanese Americans.

Japanese Americans--Social conditions.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (31 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Kanreki Productions, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Because of You, I Am is a short documentary about PJ & Roy Hirabayashi, two quietly radical Japanese-American taiko drummers who defied traditional cultural expectations in their quest for identity and purpose. Together, they spent over five decades using the drum as a platform to catalyze social change, build community from the ground up, and champion a new category of Asian American music despite facing the unrelenting challenges of anti-Asian hate, racial injustice, and cultural appropriation.

Participant:

PJ Hirabayashi, Roy Hirabayashi.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed February 12, 2026).

OCLC:

1423563276