Lift Little Tokyo 
2018, 6:50 minutes
single-channel digital video with sound
ink, paper, tape, 16mm film leader

Maps and memories of Little Tokyo’s historical district of Los Angeles are uplifted via clear tape transfers.

Screenings
Canyon Cinema “Spotlight on TT Takemoto,” San Francisco, 2024
BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, 2019
Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, 2018

Press / Publications
Juliet Jacques, “Artists’ Films at BFI Flare Festival: ‘In Place of the Real’ Focused on Histories of LGBTQI+ People,” Frieze, (April 9, 2019)

“Flare 2019: Lift Little Tokyo, On the Line, Wayward Emulsions, Sworded Love by Tina Takemoto,” interview, Rianne Pictures.com (March 26, 2019)