Summaries

Spring, 1942: F.D.R. signs executive order 9066, and more than 110,000 Japanese Americans, most of them U.S. citizens, are sent to internment camps. Three young men - Min Yasui, an attorney from Oregon, Gordon Hirabayashi, a Quaker college student in Washington, and Fred Korematsu, a Bay Area welder - serve jail sentences for violating laws against Japanese Americans; the U.S. Supreme Court upholds their convictions. Forty years later, the three file suits to have their sentences overturned. This documentary tells their stories and helps break 40 years of silence and shame. By the end of the documentary, the court proceedings remain unfinished.—<[email protected]>

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Keywords
  • world war two
  • interview
  • japanese american
  • xenophobia
  • internment camp
Genres
  • History
  • War
  • Documentary
Release date Jan 25, 1985
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Production companies Mouchette

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Tech specs

Runtime 58m
Color Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

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