'Obaa-chan in the House' Screenplay

A Japanese American family struggles with their intolerant matriarch visiting from Japan whose narrow view of being Japanese does not include any gaijin (foreign) influences.

  • Yayoi L Winfrey
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    10
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English, Japanese
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Entertwine Table Read
    Japanese American National Museum LA
    June 2, 2023
    Finalist, 24 Hour APIDA Writing Contest
Writer Biography - Yayoi L Winfrey

A Japanese American family struggles with their intolerant matriarch visiting from Japan whose narrow view of being Japanese does not include any gaijin (foreign) influences.

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Born in postwar Tokyo to a Japanese war bride and an African American soldier, Yayoi L Naito Winfrey has been creating media all her life. First, as an illustrator and graphic designer; then as a screenwriter, fiction writer and journalist; and, now, as a filmmaker. Growing up on three continents by the time she was five years-old gifted her with a strong appreciation for other people’s languages and cultures. As a mixed-race person, she has an innate sense of what it’s like being ’the other’; and, her long career in arts reflects that special position.