2010
"Amerika: a notebook in three parts - Independent film-making is a bitch to be sure, but nowadays, what with everyone owning a camera and posting there efforts online every day, it's a real challenge to get something extremely good out there where the people who will support it can find you. Film maker/artist Mika Johnson and his wife, artist Kaori Mitsushima, have set about to make a "movie in reverse". Starting with a gorgeous and brilliant trailer and a cast of everyday people, Johnson's vision is unusually epic for such an undertaking. It is also unusually breathtaking. It's a new world order for film makers and Johnson is embracing it by putting the art form first and hoping it pays off later. Using social networking and the fund-raising support site Kickstarter to champion his worthy cause and garner financing, Johnson's online efforts become a story beneath the story that is almost as interesting as the one in his film."

From writer Kurt Hernon, "Hear/Say" Magazine, September 2010

Seoul Times, October 28, 2010
When the Korean-American Dream Turns Nightmare, by Eugene Kang

Metropolis Magazine, September 30, 2010
A new breed of foreign filmmakers find alternative ways to fund their Japan-based movies, by Kevin McGue

Palestine News Network, September 30, 2010
New American Film On The Arab Stereotype

2009
Click Opera (Momus's LiveJournal), October 8, 2009
Amerika Wants Yoko, by Nick Currie (Momus)

Los Angeles Times, September 10, 2009
Art couple builds virtual shrine to Yoko Ono, by David Ng

The Morning Journal, July 23, 2009
Amherst native making film about America, by Ron Vidika

Chronicle-Telegram, March 18, 2009
Oberlin grad's film is journey through 'Amerika', by Rob Swindell

Oberlin Tribune, March 3, 2009
OC grad plans to film movie for under million

2007
Beyond Race Magazine, 2007
The Secret of Mika Johnson's Yonder, by Honey Lapcharoen