Community Made

What does community have to do with it? Around the world, people with different kinds of expertise come together to create something special. In this video, narrated by a group of tweens, learn about the collaborative process for making three different textiles from Japan, Cameroon and the United States. Writer, Co-Director: Marni Gittleman; Co-Writer, Co-Director: Julianna Ostrovsky; Researcher: Tamara Katoni; Camera: Alexa Oona Schulz, Jun Tiangco; Sound: Jesson Duller; Editor: Alexa Oona Schulz; Original Score: Gabriel Mounsey For more information about LACMA and the museum's costume and textiles collection, visit lacma.org. Video ©Dyeing, directed by John Junkerman, Japan Traditional Craft Center and Kaneko Osamu, Produced by SIGLO, Ltd. With support from Hatashibara Group; Video ©Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada; Galli Films; and Arimatsu Shibori Mutsumi-kai; Photo ©Venice and Alastair; Photo ©Barry D. Kass@ImagesofAnthropology.com; Photo ©Cotton Harvest, Fred Hoogervorst/Hollandse Hoogte/Redux; Video ©Chris Legg; Photo ©Susan Daggett and First Congregational Church, Collection of the Ontario County Historical Society, Canandaigua, New York . Video © 2013, Museum Associates/LACMA