American Pastime: Baseball as Resistance

About the Program:

Join the Museum for a special screening of American Pastime, a powerful film that explores baseball as a form of resistance and resilience during the incarceration of Japanese Americans in the early 1940s. Following the screening, audiences are invited to a Q&A conversation with Associate Producer and founder of the Nisei Baseball Project Kerry Yo Nakagawa and Producer Barry Rosenbush. This program is presented in connection with our special exhibition, Resilience: A Sansei Sense of Legacy, and examines how baseball became a means of dignity, community, and quiet defiance—linking past generations to the ongoing legacy of perseverance and identity.

This program is made possible through generous support from Ann and Alan Spector and in partnership with the St. Louis Japanese American Citizen’s League.

Before Your Visit:

Free and accessible parking available on site.

Accessible seating, assistive listening devices, and wheelchairs available upon request.

This event is $5.