Harsh Canvas: Henry Sugimoto
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-1024-89
PARENT COLLECTION
Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films
DESCRIPTION
A 2001 biographical documentary film on the life and work of Issei artist Henry Sugimoto, based on the artist's memoirs and testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. The film highlights Sugimoto's art through archival and contemporary footage and follows his life's journey from immigration to his incarceration with his family during World War II in Arkansas, and postwar relocation to New York.
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OBJECT GENRE
Motion Pictures
OBJECT FORMAT
Audio/Visual
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Ishizuka, Karen L. (Executive Producer)
- Nakamura, Robert A. (Executive Producer)
- Esaki, John (Director)
- Yasunaga, Gail (Editor)
- Iwataki, David (Composer)
- Oh, John (Sound Design)
- Imahara, Tina (Sound Editor)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Japanese American Film Preservation Project, Densho
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted