DC Documentary Team Hopes to Return Surrendered Samurai Swords

Not-for-profit film crew is raising funds to reunite heirlooms with Japan families

Most families have heirlooms, passed down from generation to generation to signify connections between past and present: Nanna’s wedding ring, old photo albums, Dad’s purple heart. A DC documentary team wants to give one heirloom back to its rightful owners — an unknown family in Japan. Paul Ufema, owner of Ufema Productions, a Virginia-based company which specializes in production of not-for-profit films, was given a sword by his father who received swords from his father. Now, he and producer Brad Bennett want to learn the sword’s story and turn it into a documentary about Japanese and U.S. relations called “Forgive, Don’t Forget.” The project is on Kickstarter, a crowd-sourced funding site, and needs about $10,000 more dollars from …

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