JAMsj is proud to be partnering with Yu-Ai Kai to present a screening of "Wisdom Gone Wild", including a Q&A with filmmaker Rea Tajiri.

Award winning director and filmmaker, Rea Tajiri captures an alternative perspective into the world of dementia and caregiving in a new feature documentary, “Wisdom Gone Wild.”

Wisdom Gone Wild  presents a daughter’s (Rea Tajiri) evolution towards a new way of seeing aging and mortality through her sixteen year journey as a care partner to her mother who lived with dementia. At 93, Rea’s mother, Rose Tajiri is a time traveler, a history keeper and a chronicler of Japanese American experience. Diagnosed with dementia at the age of 76, Rose’s non-chronological access to key historical events is cued through daily encounters and reminiscences. “My intention was to create a film that is a reflection on the possibilities of care, connection and communication with someone living with dementia. The form of the film is a non-traditional storytelling structure that crisscrosses time much like my mother’s cognitive style,” said Rea. 

If you would like to reserve a spot, you may sign up at the Yu-Ai Kai reception desk or by emailing dives@yuakai.org, however registration is not required! Hope to see you there!