Welcome to the Memory Community Movie Memoirs collection.
Movie Memoirs are filmed stories that preserve personal experiences, memories, histories, and important moments through video.
Explore the collection below:
A Memory Community Movie Memoir - Denise
A Memory Community Movie Memoir - Denise
End of Life Doula Bhakti Watts
End of Life Doula Bhakti Watts
Laura Oviedo Jiménez – An Immigrant’s Journey
Laura Oviedo Jiménez – An Immigrant’s Journey
Pat O'Brien
A veteran, a writer, and a man who wore many hats before working as a legal process server. He’s eloquent and candid in sharing his love stories and tales of growing up.
Yvonne Zubalik
A Franke Tobey Jones resident talks about her career as a teacher, her children, her Mediterranean tour, and her hobbies in a very gracious manner.
Marge Guggenmos
Marge, a retired nurse, a loving mother of two, shares some of her life stories with her oldest daughter. The "Unsuitable Sailor" episode would make you smile, even feel related.
William Beier
A multi-instrumentalist and singer shares his memories of growing up in Indiana and supporting three presidents as an adult while teaching a guitar lesson in his residence in Bellevue, Washington.
Tabitha Reborn
Tabitha was the main character in our 2017 special production, "TABITHA." She was also our Executive Assistant in our director's office. Needless to say we are terribly sorry for losing her. Tabitha is remembered deeply. Her new life on the other side has just begun.
Marc Smason
This is a revered Seattle-based musician's movie-memoir. Marc Smason is a trombonist, vocalist, and composer. His life-long musical journey is presented in this documentary-feature that is apart from conventional storytelling.
Visiting Verlin
Verlin C. Grimes was born in 1913. He has an incredible memory. Visited by Chaplain Kevin Henne, he delightedly shared his some serious, some funny stories on camera.
Tabitha
This is a truly special presentation from Memory Community. It was inspired by Tabitha's mama, who also wrote the script and lent her voice to the film.
Yinne Wang: The Rain has stopped
This work is an homage to a pioneer who made her reputation in an era in Taiwan's film industry where male directors were dominating.
The Storys
A Vietnam War veteran held creatively memorable ceremonies to honor the Independence Day by firing a cannon in his warm and cozy neighborhood.
Zhou Dye 周代
A self-taught writer of short story, novel, poetry and essay, Zhou Dye fled to Taiwan as a lonely young adult before the Communists’ taking-over of China in mid-20th century. His three books, Perplexed at the Bridge, Strings of Life, and Dawn, were published in almost forty years.
A Movie Memoir of ChrisTina Swift
A Movie Memoir of ChrisTina Swift
An elegant lady of aristocratic Austrian origin remembers her childhood in New York, her first Beatles record, and her most favorite novel, among many other life events.
Moments with Lu Chi Fa
Lu Chi Fa, also known as Gordon Lu, runs a popular restaurant and leads a healthy life. His biography "Double Luck - Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan" is a bestseller. He loves traveling and watching sea lions.
Key Donn remembers Wong Tsu
Nearly 100 years ago, a young Chinese named Wong Tsu was hired by William Boeing, the founder of Boeing Company. Nearly 100 years later, Key Donn, who works at the same company, vividly remembers his legendary co-worker.
Betty Thompson-Tindall
A painter uses her kind heart and soft touches to draw pictures of residents at an assisted-living home she volunteers at. She also recounts fond family stories that forever bring a smile on her face.
Gretchen Wilbert
Gretchen Swayze Wilbert in this documentary feature reminiscences of her family life since childhood and her mayoral life which spanned 16 good years in Gig Harbor, Washington state, USA.
Norita C. Martin
A loving and laughing lady, in front of her daughter Mary and her pet Joe, remembers the most peculiar figure in her childhood, her wedding gown made out of a war-time parachute, among other memorable things.
Y. Wang 王炎
A veteran Bridge player smokes and drinks, and looks forward to publishing his third book, One Hundred Years: A Possible Dream, 8 years later when he celebrates his 100th birthday.
Alice Yang 楊銀鳯
A publishing writer who enjoys riding her tricycle expresses great gratitude to her senior-high school teacher because of a letter of encouragement.
M-J Yang 莊茗蓁
An eloquent government retiree talks about her love for playing Bridge games and visiting hot springs.
Barbara Simpson
A heart-broken mother shares in a heart-felt long shot the saddest memory of her talented daughter whose life ended rather unprepared.
Bonnie Robinson-Johnson
A warm-hearted Tacoman reminds us of the power of love. She also thanks her children for being her children.
Robert Lee Smith
A Morning with Bob and Muffin -- Muffin is nearly blind. Bob likes Taiwan very dearly. Muffin sadly passed away days after the filming.
Moowan Mark
A 100-year-old Legacy House resident, though shy, and helped by her caregiver, Kelly, with the language, gladly talks about herself.
Baizhong Lei
A Chinese medicine doctor helped patients in the past. Now in Seattle, he helps people with his pen.
Tingchen Chen
He is a father of seven beautiful daughters, and a retired successful businessman in New York stock market.
Zhonglian Tan
A Chinese woman tells us how she had to find and finally found a mother's peace of mind in a big American city.
TLRC + MC = HAPPY HOLIDAYS
This is a co-production of Tacoma Lutheran Retirement Community and Memory Community.
The interviewees are (in order of appearance) :
Mary, Betty, Elizabeth, Bernice, Paul, Marlys, Alice, Teresa, Barbara, Helen, and Ed.
JIANDOU WU
A former lawyer and teacher, though comfortable living in Seattle, misses his home country.
VINH NGUYEN
A Vietnamese gentleman worked hard for 25 years until that unforgettable night...now in his Legacy House apartment room, he recalls his hard journey from his home country to the USA.
PATRICIA BLACK
A tall, lean Franke Tobey Jones resident shares with us her interest in home economics and hiking with family.
DR. DUANE RICHARDSON
A former Navy, then a councilor, left with us his last words and images at Franke Tobey Jones before he passed away in late 2012. This film, done in 2011, later came to be in memory of Dr. Richardson.
EVE LELAND
A New York-born lady remembers her most unforgettable life experience outside North America.
REMEMBER
We were born. We grow. We age. We remember. We are all in one great memory community.
MEMORY COMMUNITY MOVIE MEMOIR PROJECT
Deyung, the creator of the project, speaks about his vision and mission.