A Japanese immigrant, Klan targets, and the birth of America's most beloved mountains.
In 1915 a young, charismatic Japanese man with a mysterious past entered into the Appalachian culture of Asheville, North Carolina, is suspicioned a spy, targeted by the Klan, but perseveres with a passion for photography and the mountains he adopts, bringing to life Great Smoky Mountains National Park & the Appalachian Trail.
Cinematography
Masa's original photographs animated into breathing landscapes.
Direction
Bonesteel lets silence and fog tell the story.
Production
Blends archival rigor with dreamlike watercolor animation.
Director
Paul Bonesteel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Masa's real name was Masahara Izuka; he invented 'George Masa' wholecloth, and nobody knows why.
His photographs were instrumental in the 1926 campaign to establish Great Smoky Mountains National Park — without them, Congress barely funded it.
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