Our Mr. Matsura

This past Sunday I had the privilege of attending a screening of Our Mr. Matsura, the latest documentary from my friend and filmmaker extraordinaire Beth Harrington at the Kiggins Theatre in beautiful downtown Vancouver, Washington.

Readers of this blog may remember a little over two years ago when I was a production assistant on Beth's set during a three-day shoot in Seattle, getting a crash course in filmmaking prior to starting production on Hold My Beer. It was really cool to see the finished product, which was both amazing and inspirational. To recap: it's about a photographer named Frank Matsura who traveled from his native Japan to Washington state in the early 1900s, making friends, touching lives, and uniting communities along the way. If you're a fan of historical documentaries and/or just great human interest stories, I highly recommend trying to track it down if it comes to a festival or screening near you!