Virtual Summit Submission

University of Missouri-Kansas City
Spanish & Film and Media Arts

Biography

Emmanuel Fabian is a Mexican photographer majoring in Spanish & Film and Media Arts at UMKC. He currently works in the UMKC Biology department as a Video Production Editor and previously worked television for Telemundo Kansas City along with Univision Kansas City. This past March he presented his research at the Undergraduate Research Day at The Capital in Jefferson City, MO. His focus in research and filmmaking is within syncretism, myths and Folk Catholicism and in 2024 he worked on a research project in Peru where he documented myths, legends and even paranormal experiences native to the Andes region.

Project

The Bridge Between Two Nationes: The Nikkei Community of Peru
This research seeks to discuss the contributions that the overlooked Nikkei community have provided to Peruvian society. Among the contributions, came Nikkei-Peruvian filmmaker, Eulogio Nishiyama who helped revolutionize Peruvian cinema and photography by leaving a lasting legacy of work that revolved around Peruvian and indigenous culture. His work having left an image of Peru to the outside world and being internationally recognized has created a lasting influential legacy to Peruvian cinema and photography. Among the contributions, came hardships, and a tense history between the Japanese community and the Peruvian government. In addition to this came various challenges for those who dared to take the risk, charged full of hope, of leaving their country of origin in exchange for a future in faraway horizons.