ddr-densho-1024 — Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films — Objects

av Go For Broke (ddr-densho-1024-56)

See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/cubanc_000163.

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av The Way Ahead (ddr-densho-1024-57)

On the release of Japanese-American from relocation centers for jobs in the Midwest. Nisei families leave a center. WRA offices locate civilian employment for them. Some Japanese work on a farm in Illinois, others in a candy factory, a machine shop, an egg dehydrating plant, and other industries. The WRA aids families in procuring living quarters.Creator(s): …

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av Barriers and Passes (ddr-densho-1024-58)

Scenes of living conditions of Japanese Americans in the relocation centers during World War II. Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946) Series : Motion Picture Films, compiled ca. 1939 - ca. 1945 Record Group 210: Records of the War Relocation Authority, 1941 - 1989 See this item in the Digital Library of …

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av Go for Broke! (ddr-densho-1024-59)

1951 feature film that tells the story of 442nd Regimental Combat Team and that climaxes with the rescue of the "Lost Battalion." A popular and critical success, Go For Broke! represents a landmark in the representation of Japanese Americans in Hollywood films. The film focuses on the transformation of the initially bigoted Lt. Michael Grayson (played …

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av Chrysanthemums and Salt (ddr-densho-1024-60)

Documentary film by Dianne Fukami on the Japanese American community in San Mateo, California, from its late 1800s origins to the outbreak of World War II. As hinted at by the film's title, Chrysanthemums and Salt largely focuses on two of the major industries that employed Japanese Americans before the war, growing and marketing chrysanthemums and …

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av Tanforan: From Race Track to Assembly Center (ddr-densho-1024-61)

Documentary film on Tanforan , a former horse racing track that became the site of a wartime " assembly center " for incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II. The film includes interviews with many former inmates of Tanforan, some of whom lived in what were once horse stalls, including Maya Nagata Aikawa, George and Michiko …

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av Starting Over: Japanese Americans After the War (ddr-densho-1024-62)

Documentary film centering on the return of Japanese Americans to their homes after their exclusion and incarceration in concentration camps. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Starting Over: Japanese Americans After the War. See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-62.

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av A Tribute to Ruth Asawa (ddr-densho-1024-63)

Short documentary film on artist Ruth Asawa by Dianne Fukami. Released shortly after Asawa's death in August 2013, the film incorporates interview footage from Fukami's earlier 2008 film Ruth Asawa: Community Artist . See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: A Tribute to Ruth Asawa. See this item in the Digital Library of …

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av Piecing Memories (ddr-densho-1024-64)

Short film about Japanese American senior citizen women in a Japanese American Services of the East Bay (JASEB) quilting class who make a quilt inspired by their World War II experiences. The seventeen minute film was made by Bridge Media for the JASEB and was funded in part by a grant from the California Civil Liberties …

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av Yae Wada: 45 Years of Anger (ddr-densho-1024-65)

See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-65.

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av Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story (ddr-densho-1024-66)

Documentary film that profiles Nisei politician Norman Mineta with a particular focus on his childhood years in an American concentration camp and his role forty years later in the Redress movement. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story. See this item in the Digital Library …

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av Relics from Camp: A Video Journey (ddr-densho-1024-67)

Companion film to art installation of the same name produced and directed by artist Kristine Yuko Aono and narrated in her first-person voice. Aono explains the origins of the projects and includes footage of her and her family visiting various former concentration camp sites to collect dirt and artifacts as well as installation of the exhibition …

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av Going for Honor, Going for Broke (ddr-densho-1024-68)

Short 2006 documentary film that gives an overview of the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team . Produced, written, directed, narrated & edited by George Toshio Johnston, he film was funded by a grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Going for Honor, …

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av A Community Grows, Despite Racism (ddr-densho-1024-71)

See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-71.

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av Looking Like the Enemy (ddr-densho-1024-72)

See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-72.

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av American Concentration Camps (ddr-densho-1024-73)

See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-73.

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av Japanese American Responses to Incarceration (ddr-densho-1024-74)

See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-74.

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av Righting a Wrong (ddr-densho-1024-75)

See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-75.

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av Sowing Seeds of Life... of Hope (ddr-densho-1024-80)

Japanese vegetable seeds played an enormous part in making life more bearable for the Japanese people who were incarcerated in a concentration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during WWII. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Sowing Seeds of Life... of Hope (film). See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese …

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av Class '58 (ddr-densho-1024-81)

A class of post-WWII, first generation Japanese American students journey through the trials, discoveries and promise of a burgeoning nation on the move. See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-81.

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av Harusame Spring Rain (ddr-densho-1024-83)

A young Japanese American dancer, embittered by being sent to a World War II concentration camp, is confronted by a child with dreams of becoming a dancer herself. This dramatic story follows the dancer as she overcomes her anger and frustrations to help the child attain her dreams. The late director, Jose de Vega infused the …

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av Redress and Reparations Legislative Campaign (ddr-densho-1024-84)

Shortly after the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was signed by President Reagan, VC was contracted by the National JACL to produce a video documenting the organization’s role in the Redress campaign. This project involved interviews with many key participants, including Seattle Nisei Redress activist, Henry Miyatake, and members of Congress, Robert Matsui, Norman Mineta, Daniel …

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av Memories of Tule Lake Internment Camp (ddr-densho-1024-85)

Mitsuko Nagell talks with Frank Iwasaki about his experiences during WWII at Tule Lake concentration camp. Digital Histories is a mechanism for AAPNHPI older adults to use their unique voices and perspectives in sharing stories with the generations to come. Since its creation in 2003, Digital Histories has provided a professional and artistic work environment for …

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av Stand Up For Justice (ddr-densho-1024-86)

A collaboration of VC and National Coalition for Redress and Reparations (now Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress), funded by grants from the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund and the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, this narrative drama and accompanying curriculum guide were produced following more than 5 years of extensive research and interviews with …

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av Yuki Shimoda: Asian American Actor (ddr-densho-1024-87)

The thirty-year acting career of the late Yuki Shimoda reflects the achievement and career disappointments that faced the minority actor. Only offered limited roles by the Hollywood establishment during certain points of his career, Shimoda persevered on for challenging dramatic roles, such as in the television movie, FAREWELL TO MANZANAR. Shimoda’s journey from Sacramento’s “J-Town,” to …

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