An American Contradiction (film)
Filmmaker Vanessa Yuille goes to visit the Heart Mountain site, where her mother was born, to learn more about its history. Through interviews with former inmates—particularly Bacon Sakatani—and local residents and experts, she provides an overview of the mass removal and incarceration and of life at Heart Mountain. We also see LaDonna Zall, acting curator at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center , lead tour of the site as it is today. The film concludes with Sakatani leading what looks like a local community meeting in a discussion about whether the camp should be called a "concentration camp."
An American Contradiction was shown at the 2012 Heart Mountain Pilgrimage and screened a the Cleveland International Film Festival, Milwaukee Film Festival, and Southern Utah International Documentary Film Festival.
Might also like All We Could Carry (2011); Moving Walls (2017); The Legacy of Heart Mountain (2014)
| Release Date | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 13 minutes |
| Director | Vanessa Yuille |
| Producer | Vanessa Yuille |
| Narrator | Vanessa Yuille |
| Starring | LaDonna Zall, Bacon Sakatani, Jeanette Misaka, Raymond Uno, Mike Hatchimonji, Grace Hatchimonji, Karen Roles, Kathy Yuille |
| Music | Ben Kasman |
| Cinematography | Dylan Glockler |
| Editing | Vanessa Yuille |
| IMDB Link | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2091232/ |
For More Information
Official website: http://www.americancontradictionthefilm.com/ . [Includes a full streaming version of the film.]