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Meet the Artist: Tadashi Nakamura
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL | DEC 2024
Third Act World Premiere Interviews
SHADE STUDIOS | JAN 2025
Interview with director Tadashi Nakamura
NATIONAL FILM SOCIETY | JAN 2025
Interview with director Tadashi Nakamura
SUCHARITA TYAGI | JAN 2025
Interview with director Tadashi Nakamura
CINEMA DAILY US | JAN 2025
Sundance Film Review: Third Act - IRRESISTIBLE MAGAZINE
February 6, 2025
“Third Act transcends the boundaries of documentary filmmaking… A masterful reflection on the power of storytelling, the complexities of familial relationships, and the enduring impact of artistic legacy.”
‘Third Act’: Sundance Review - SCREEN DAILY
February 6, 2025
“The close relationship between filmmaker and subject turns this planned celebration of a filmmaking legacy into something more complex.”
Sundance’s trans and nonbinary creators share their vision for Hollywood’s future - INTO
February 5, 2025
An interview with Third Act cinematographer Jess X Snow.
FandomWire’s Top 10 Films of Sundance 2025 - FANDOMWIRE
February 3, 2025
“Nakamura makes a great case for his father, Robert A. Nakamura’s, legacy, and when the film explores his very prolific advocacy, it is very compelling.”
Third Act, a Multigenerational Family Story that Belongs at Sundance - SALT LAKE MAGAZINE
February 3, 2025
“Third Act will make you laugh and cry with its stars. It’s a touching and thought-provoking documentary that belongs at the festival.”
Reviews: ‘Sally,’ Zodiac Killer Project,’ ‘Third Act,’ ‘Heightened Scrutiny,’ ‘Life After,’ & ‘The Stringer’ – NONFICS
January 30, 2025
“What makes Third Act stand out narratively and thematically is the family tradition it continues.”
2025 Sundance Film Festival Recap 2: Omaha, Marlee Matlin and a movie about… cabbages? - USA TODAY, FOR THE WIN USA
January 30, 2025
“Third Act finds Nakamura’s son, a fellow filmmaker named Tadashi, giving his father his well-earned flowers by building a lasting monument to him for the generations to come.”
Documentary “Third Act” captures self-realizations and the discovery that they run generations-deep - ELEMENTS OF MADNESS
January 30, 2025
“What Third Act unlocks is not only far more personal and expansive for the Nakamura family in terms of what their respective legacy is, it also speaks to a country-wide trauma that’s never been truly healed.”
Sundance: Third Act - THE CURVY FILM CRITIC
January 29, 2025
“It ain’t over ’til it’s over and Third Act makes one appreciate life and our loved ones one frame, one trip, one hug, one meal and one moment at at time.”
Fatherhood, legacy, and grief collide in emotional Sundance doc “Third Act” - TOWN LIFT
January 28, 2025
“A profound meditation on what it means to honor one’s past while looking toward the future.”
“He Will Do Anything For Me”: Tadashi Nakamura on Filming His Trail-Blazing Father Robert Nakamura in ‘Third Act’ - DOCUMENTARY MAGAZINE
January 27, 2025
An interview with director Tadashi Nakamura.
‘Third Act’ Review: Personal Doc is Both a Searing Historical Record and a Poignant Father-Son Narrative - VARIETY
January 27, 2025
“In chronicling his filmmaker father’s legacy, director Tadashi Nakamura emerges as a confident and powerful documentarian himself… A lively and moving portrait of a family that recognizes that despite all the hardships they have survived, they are lucky to have accomplished so much and luckier to be together.”
Third Act Review: Processing a Life on Film - POV Magazine
January 27, 2025
“A richly layered examination of the generational effects of segregation, grief, parenthood, and art’s ability to help us make sense of it all.”
Sundance 2025: Inside the Making of “Third Act” with Victoria Chalk and Travis Hatfield - ADOBE BLOG
January 27, 2025
Interview with editor Victoria Chalk, ACE & creative director of motion graphics Travis Hatfield.
Sundance 2025: The Cameras and Lenses Behind 26 Documentaries - INDIEWIRE
January 27, 2025
“We shot a lot of handheld verité and the Fujinon 18-55 MKE lens with the Sony FS7 was the appropriate camera package for our needs.”
Sundance 2025: Third Act – A Father’s Legacy Looms Large - SUNSHINE STATE CINEPLEX
January 27, 2025
“A brilliant examination of grief, love, fear, and vulnerability.”
‘Third Act’ Movie Review: A Poignant Tribute to Misunderstood Fathers - GUY AT THE MOVIES
January 26, 2025
“An absorbing dissection of the generational evolution of Asian American life.”
Third Act Review - FILM THREAT
January 26, 2025
Movie Score: 10/10
”Nakamura’s love letter to his father is a fitting tribute to a mighty man whom he and all watching care for dearly.”
‘A Tradition My Dad and I Shared for Nearly Three Decades” | Tadashi Nakamura, Third Act - FILMMAKER MAGAZINE
January 26, 2025
An interview with director Tadashi Nakamura.
“The Best Collaborations Always Leave Me with Something New”: Editor Victoria Chalk on Third Act - FILMMAKER MAGAZINE
January 26, 2025
An interview with editor Victoria Chalk.
“A tribute to an unsung movie legend, an examination of a shameful period in American history, and a son’s love letter to his father.”
Sundance 2025 Review: Third Act - SHADE STUDIOS
January 26, 2025
“Tadashi Nakamura has created something that feels less like a film and more like an inheritance - a time capsule of memory, culture, and identity that is both deeply specific and universally human.”
The Story of the Godfather of Asian-American Media, Told by His Son - HYPERALLERGIC
January 25, 2025
An interview with director Tadashi Nakamura.
“Third Act” Honors the Life of Robert Nakamura and Brings Its Premiere Audience to Tears - SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL BLOG
January 25, 2025
“The most poignant moment, though, comes when Tadashi brings his parents, Robert and his mother, Karen Ishizuka, down before the crowd. After a long standing ovation, Tadashi says to his father, ‘I know you said the only reason why you’d make this film was to further my career. And, well, here we are! We did it!’”
Third Act Review: Deeply Personal Documentary - LOUD AND CLEAR
January 25, 2025
“A fascinating look into a significant figure.”
From ‘The Stringer’ to ‘Move Ya Body,’ BIPOC Filmmakers Share the Untold Legacy of Their Communities in Sundance 2025 Documentaries - VARIETY
January 24, 2025
“A heart-rending and candid documentary about identity, family and building community through art.”
OPINION: 9 Must-Watch Documentaries at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival - NEWSWEEK
January 23, 2025
