FILM 03 / ORAL HISTORY / SALT LAKE CITY

SAGE

PROJECT
ENGLISH CLASS ORAL HISTORY
RUNTIME
4:13
STATUS
COMPLETE
Sage official poster featuring the mural outside Sage Market

THE FILM

A STORE.
A FAMILY HISTORY.

Sage is a short oral-history portrait of Sage Market, a Japanese American grocery store in Salt Lake City. Through the owner’s memories, the film traces the store’s history and the work of carrying it into the present.

Created as an English-class school project, the film looks at how one neighborhood business can hold family history, cultural memory, and a sense of community.

Sage Market beneath its Japanese foods sign in Salt Lake City
SAGE MARKET / A FRAME FROM THE FILM

EXPLORE FILM / 01

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