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FRESNO, Calif (KSEE/KGPE) – Fresno State is celebrating aft a Netflix bid co-produced by 1 of their precise ain adjunct professors was nominated for an Emmy.
Hanayo Oya, adjunct prof successful the Department of Media, Communications, and Journalism, co-produced the Netflix series “Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War.”
According to Netflix, the docu-series explores the Cold War and its aftermath. Oya was successful complaint of tract accumulation successful Japan and securing interviews with survivors of the atomic bombings.
“One of the astir profound moments during my clip connected this task was the accidental to conscionable respective Hibakusha, the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” she said. “These individuals, who were often forgotten successful post-war Japan, carried the unspoken load of their vulnerability to radiation. They struggled with wellness problems and societal disregard.”
In summation to bringing these "profound moments" to light, Oya says she hopes the task volition animate students.
“I americium thrilled astir the imaginable interaction that the bid whitethorn person successful inspiring a passionateness for storytelling and documentary filmmaking among our students," she said. "For those successful the MCJ department, I anticipation this task serves arsenic a catalyst to animate them to propulsion their boundaries and prosecute endeavors astatine a planetary level.”
Oya began teaching astatine Fresno State successful Fall 2023 aft moving for Syracuse University arsenic an adjunct professor. She besides has acquisition arsenic a TV newsman and manager successful Okinawa, wherever she produced respective award-winning documentary programs.
