And the Soul Shall Dance

About the show

On neighboring farms in Depression-era California, the Murata family meets Oka’s newly arrived daughter Kiyoko and the troubled Emiko, who longs to return to Japan. As the Japanese American families navigate poverty, racism and immigration restrictions, Masako witnesses Oka’s abuse of Emiko and the adults’ differing hopes for life in America; Emiko’s dancing to a nostalgic song exposes the force of homesickness and longing.