THIRD ACT
(Currently on Film Festival circuit) | Documentary Feature | 91 mins
Generations of artists call Robert A. Nakamura “The Godfather of Asian American film,” but his son, Tad, calls him Dad. As the filmmaking son of a filmmaking legend, Tad uses the lessons his dad taught him to decipher the legacy of an aging man who was a child survivor of the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans, a successful photographer who gave it up to tell his own story, an activist at the dawn of a social movement—and a father whose struggles have won his son freedoms that eluded Japanese Americans of his generation. As Parkinson’s Disease clouds his memory, Tad sets out to retrieve his story—and in the process discovers his own. The two have made films together, with Robert always by Tad’s side. THIRD ACT is most likely the last.
Lailanie is credited as associate producer and continues to provide support for the film as needed.
Screenings
View all upcoming and past screenings here.
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, May 3, 2025 | Hometown / L.A. Premiere
Sundance Film Festival, Jan 26, 2025 | World Premiere
Links
Official Film Website: thirdactfilm.com | Instagram @thirdactfilm
Filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura: tadashinakamura.com
Book a screening via The Film Collaborative: thefilmcollaborative.org/films/thirdact
