Feature films and extended hours at the AMP

The American Memorial Park Visitor Center will have extended hours during the week of June 10 to June 15.

The Visitors Center is usually open from 9am to 4pm daily but, as part of the 75th anniversary of the Battles of Saipan and Tinian, it will be open from 9am until 8pm.

For each day of that week, from 9am to 5pm, the AMP will be showing a series of park films. Also, the evening shows will feature films related to World War II in the Marianas.

The film schedule is as follows:

Monday, June 10, 6pm
An Island Called Saipan: American Memorial Park Film (10 minutes). This will be the first screening the new film. Please join the park for this special showing.
True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers (60 minutes)

Tuesday, June 11, 6pm
American Memorial Park film (10 minutes)
East L.A. Marine: The Untold Story of Guy Gabaldon (77 minutes)

Wednesday, June 12, 6pm
An Island Called Saipan: American Memorial Park film (10 minutes)
Witnesses to War: Three short films featuring first-person accounts of war in the Marianas from civilian survivors and 75thAnniversary Multimedia Exhibit presented by the Northern Marianas Humanities Council (70 minutes)

Thursday, June 13, 6pm
Mount Carmel School and D&R Visuals present the next films in the “We Drank Our Tears” series, a trilogy of short films about the civilian experience of indigenous Chamorros and Carolinians during the World War II battle on Saipan.
As a follow-up to last year’s stories from Francisco Babauta, Benjamin Abadilla, and Rafael Mafnas, the three new films are based on stories from Carmen Acosta, Sr. Antoineta Ada, and Rosa Agulto.
Produced as part of the CNMI’s 75th anniversary commemoration of the end of the World War II battles on the islands, the three new films will be screened after an encore screening of the original trilogy. 

Friday, June 14
There will be no film that evening. Join the park and the community at the Veteran’s Memorial in Susupe at Kilili Beach for the candlelight Walk of Honor. Sign-in for the walk begins at 5:30pm and the walk will commence at 6:30pm. The Visitor Center will close at 4pm. 

Saturday, June 15, 6pm
An Island Called Saipan: American Memorial Park Film (10 minutes)
Witnesses to War: Three short films featuring first-person accounts of war in the Marianas from civilian survivors and 75thAnniversary Multimedia Exhibit presented by the Northern Marianas Humanities Council (70 minutes). (Marc Venus)