Movies: Japanese internment

  • 2022
    Enemy Alien

    Enemy Alien (2022)

    Enemy Alien

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    A poetic retelling of the experiences of Joseph Murakami, a fourteen-year-old boy from Darwin, who is summarily rounded up and interned by his government on the basis of his ethnicity, leaving wounds unhealed to this day....

    Enemy Alien
  • 1969
    Before They Take Us Away

    Before They Take Us Away (1969)

    Before They Take Us Away

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    At the start of World War II, Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were faced with the threat of forced removal and incarceration in concentration camps. A small number took their fate in their own hands, fleeing to interior states, becoming r...

    Before They Take Us Away
  • 2017
    A Bitter Legacy

    A Bitter Legacy (2017)

    A Bitter Legacy

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    A sobering look at the brutal treatment of Japanese-Americans before, during, and after WWII as well as the global repercussions that resulted....

    A Bitter Legacy
  • 2018
    Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood

    Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood (2018)

    Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood

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    Samuel Wilder King, a descendant of Scottish sailors and Hawaiian royalty, served as a distinguished Naval officer in both World Wars before becoming Governor of the Hawaii Territory. This short film delves into King’s fearless leadership—from naviga...

    Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood
  • 1987
    Topaz

    Topaz (1987)

    Topaz

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    A documentary about the Topaz War Relocation Center, a Japanese internment camp during WWII....

    Topaz
  • 2012
    Hatsumi

    Hatsumi (2012)

    Hatsumi

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    In Japanese, “shi kata ga nai” means “it can't be helped”. As a phrase, it represents the philosophical basis of the Japanese cultural reserve, through which adversity is never acknowledged. Nancy Okura is a Canadian of Japanese decent. During the S...

    Hatsumi