In collaboration with the DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival, we present an online film screening and a puppet-making workshop with filmmaker and puppeteer Sam Koji Hale.

Puppet-making Workshop: Yamasong Puppets

Register and Join the Workshop Here: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqcOqsqDwiGdFRdSqgzY_Id7E68bTbzOil
Password: 010838

Download print-at-home patterns here: https://www.handmadepuppetdreams.com/yamasong-puppet-crafts

In honor of its tenth anniversary, stream Sam Koji Hale’s animated puppet film Yamasong (2010, 9 min.), the story of an automated girl and a tortoise warrior who go on a fantastic journey, anytime. Then join Hale as he shows you how to make your own puppets from the film! Appropriate for kids ages 6-12.

You can also watch Hale’s feature film Yamasong: March of the Hollows (2019, 99 min.) on Amazon Prime. Other short puppet films from Hale’s company, IBEX Puppetry, are available here: Amaterasu (The Sun Goddess), Lahamo Trung Trung (The Crane Fairy), and Crane and Tortoise. An interview with Hale and music composer Shoji Kameda is available here.