Japanese American Internment Movies

  • 2022
    Omoiyari

    Omoiyari

    Omoiyari

    62022HD

    Violinist and songwriter Kishi Bashi travels on a musical journey to understand WWII era Japanese Incarceration, assimilation, and what it means to...

    Omoiyari
  • 2003
    Day of Independence

    Day of Independence

    Day of Independence

    02003HD

    Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of...

    Day of Independence
  • 2023
    Kintsugi

    Kintsugi

    Kintsugi

    102023HD

    Kylie, a college nursing student troubled and traumatized by the recent events of her passing boyfriend, learns to find peace and strength through an...

    Kintsugi
  • 2001
    Skate Manzanar

    Skate Manzanar

    Skate Manzanar

    02001HD

    A meditation on skateboarding, civil liberties and memory. Inspired by the essay by Martin Wong, "Return to Manzanar", based on a trip he took with...

    Skate Manzanar
  • 2014
    Under the Blood-Red Sun

    Under the Blood-Red Sun

    Under the Blood-Red Sun

    6.22014HD

    December 7, 1941 - TOMIKAZU “TOMI” NAKAJI (Kyler Ki Sakamoto) and his best friend BILLY DAVIS (Kalama Epstein) are playing baseball in a...

    Under the Blood-Red Sun
  • 2015
    Freeway City

    Freeway City

    Freeway City

    02015HD

    FREEWAY CITY is a provocative case study on how the collision of race, politics and casino economics shaped the destiny of Gardena, California.

    Freeway City
  • 1970
    Conscience and the Constitution

    Conscience and the Constitution

    Conscience and the Constitution

    91970HD

    Americans refused to be drafted from the concentration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Ready to fight, but not before their rights as U.S. citizens...

    Conscience and the Constitution
  • 1995
    The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America

    The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America

    The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America

    6.31995HD

    The film expresses the history of oppression, discrimination, violence and hate in America. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best...

    The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
  • 1970
    Our American Family: The Furutas

    Our American Family: The Furutas

    Our American Family: The Furutas

    01970HD

    A Japanese-American family establishes a goldfish farm, only to have the business -- and family -- devastated by World War II.

    Our American Family: The Furutas
  • 1970
    Sam

    Sam

    Sam

    01970HD

    A 1971 film study of a Japanese American who lived in a detention camp during World War II.

    Sam
  • 2023
    Grandpa Cherry Blossom

    Grandpa Cherry Blossom

    Grandpa Cherry Blossom

    02023HD

    The story of Francis Uyematsu, a Japanese immigrant, told through the words of his granddaughter, Mary Uyematsu Kao, and Chuck Currier, a local...

    Grandpa Cherry Blossom