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This event is free as part of PAM’s Free First Thursday, thanks to generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.

THE EXPERIENCE

Thursday, August 6th, 2026 marks the 81st anniversary of the horrific Hiroshima atomic bombing, an event which changed the course of humanity. Marking this occasion, local filmmaker David Paul-Heberg will premiere his new documentary Seeds of Peace about a survivor of the bombing who continues to spread a message of peace by collecting seeds from trees that survived the blast and spreading them across the Pacific Northwest. A special post-film conversation will take place between David-Paul Hedberg, Dr. Vincent Intondi of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon and will focus on the local connections to this story and how we can all continue to remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki today. Come early for a special performance by Oregon Koto-Kai.

ON SCREEN: Seeds of Peace

2026. Directed by David Paul-Hedberg. Runtime: 67 minutes.

The Seeds of Peace traces the work of Hideko Tamura Snider, who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima as a child. Decades later, she continues to spread the message of peace by collecting seeds from trees that survived the blast and spreading them across the Pacific Northwest. This is a film about remembrance, reconciliation, and hope. It examines how the trauma of history can be transformed into a force that unites people and builds bridges for future generations.

ON STAGE: 

Hanako Wakatuski-Chong (Panelist) – Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong is the executive director of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon in Portland.  She has nearly two decades of experience working for state and federal agencies at the Idaho State Historical Society, the U.S. Navy, the National Park Service, and the White House Office of the Chief of Staff; holding roles as Interpretive Specialist, Education Specialist, Chief of Interpretation and Education, Superintendent, and Policy Advisor throughout her government career. In 2021, Wakatsuki-Chong received the Esto Perpetua Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Idaho State Historical Society for her work in preservation of Japanese American incarceration history in Idaho. She holds a BA in history and BS in political science from Boise State University, as well as an MA in museum studies from Johns Hopkins University, where she serves as an adjunct faculty member for their Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Museum Studies and Cultural Heritage Management Programs.

Dr. Vincent Intondi (Panelist) – Dr. Vincent Intondi is the Executive Director of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility and a non-resident scholar at Cornell University’s Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies. A nuclear disarmament expert whose research focuses on the intersection of race and nuclear weapons, from 2023-2024, Intondi was a senior lecturer in the International Relations department at Webster University-Leiden in the Netherlands. From 2013-2023, Intondi was a full-professor of history and founder and director of the Institute for Race, Justice, and Civic Engagement at Montgomery College in Takoma Park, Maryland. Prior to teaching at Montgomery College, Intondi served as director of research for American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute in Washington, DC and was an associate professor of history at Seminole State College in Sanford, Florida. Intondi is the author of African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement (Stanford University Press) and Saving the World from Nuclear War: The June 12, 1982, Disarmament Rally and Beyond (Johns Hopkins University Press).

David Paul-Hedberg (Director) – David-Paul (Dave) Hedberg is an independent historian and resident filmmaker at NW Documentary in Portland, Oregon. He has collaboratively produced historical exhibitions, films, and publications for clients across the Pacific Northwest. He brings his skills as an archival researcher and oral historian to filmmaking to help shine light on lesser known characters, historical topics, and places. His work is grounded in archival research, the shared authority of oral history and elder testimony, and a deep connection to the history and landscape of the Pacific Northwest. The Seeds of Peace is his first feature film as a director.

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