''Four Stones for Kanemitsu'' is a 1973 American

short Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as ...

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

, written and produced by

June Wayne June Claire Wayne (March 7, 1918 – August 23, 2011) was an American painter, printmaker, tapestry innovator, educator, and activist. She founded Tamarind Lithography Workshop (1960–1970), a then California-based nonprofit print shop dedicated ...

and filmed by

Terry Sanders Terry Sanders (born December 20, 1931) is an American filmmaker having film producer, produced and/or film director, directed more than 70 dramatic features, televisions specials, Documentary film, documentaries and portrait films. He co-heads t ...

. It was nominated for an

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for Best Documentary Short. The film is educational and records in details each of the steps in making of a color lithograph by artist,

Matsumi Kanemitsu Matsumi "Mike" Kanemitsu (May 28, 1922- May 11, 1992) was a Japanese-American painter who was also proficient in Japanese style ''sumi'' and lithography. Kanemitsu was born to Japanese parents in Ogden, Utah on May 28, 1922. At age three, he w ...

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