OPPORTUNITY CENTER FOR TWO YEARS DURING CONSTRUCTION. AN AWARD WINNING MOVIE DIRECTOR WILL BE IN DES MOINES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HER NEW DOCUMENTARY, TOMORROW, DIAMOND DIPLOMACY. DIPLOMACY FOCUSES ON THE ROLE BASEBALL PLAYED IN U.S. JAPAN RELATIONS. IT’S DIRECTED BY EURICO GASPAR ROMERO. TOMORROW, THE MOVIE WILL AIR AT THE VARSITY CINEMA IN DES MOINES, FOLLOWED BY A QUESTION AND ANSWER WITH ROMERO. KCCI TALKED WITH HER ABOUT THE FILM ON FRIDAY AFTER SHE THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH AT THE IOWA CUBS GAME. DURING THE WAR. JAPANESE AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES WERE INTERNED. ALL TEN CAMPS HAD BASEBALL TEAMS. AND IN FACT, IN SOME CASES, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO TRAVEL BETWEEN CAMPS AND PLAY TOURNAMENTS. SO IT WAS IT WAS A WAY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND SOME NORMALCY. THE EVENT STARTS A
Award-winning director to host Q&A in Des Moines about baseball documentary
Updated: 9:13 PM CDT May 26, 2026
Award-winning filmmaker Yuriko Romer will visit Des Moines Wednesday to host a Q&A session following the screening of her documentary “Diamond Diplomacy” at Varsity Cinema.The film focuses on the role baseball played in U.S.-Japan relations. KCCI spoke with Romer on Friday after she threw the first pitch at the Iowa Cubs game. “During the war, Japanese Americans in the United States were interned,” Romer said. “All ten camps had baseball teams. And in fact, in some cases, they were allowed to travel between camps and play tournaments. So it was a way that they were able to find some normalcy.” The event begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Tickets are available on the Varsity Cinema website.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
Award-winning filmmaker Yuriko Romer will visit Des Moines Wednesday to host a Q&A session following the screening of her documentary “Diamond Diplomacy” at Varsity Cinema.
The film focuses on the role baseball played in U.S.-Japan relations.
KCCI spoke with Romer on Friday after she threw the first pitch at the Iowa Cubs game.
“During the war, Japanese Americans in the United States were interned,” Romer said. “All ten camps had baseball teams. And in fact, in some cases, they were allowed to travel between camps and play tournaments. So it was a way that they were able to find some normalcy.”
The event begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Tickets are available on the Varsity Cinema website.