Within Their Gates (film)
Documentary film directed by Matthew Goriachkovsky and narrated by eighty-three year old Yukio Shimomura. Shimomura tells the story of his incarceration at Manzanar over original music and period photographs and movies, along with contemporary footage of the site. The film ends with footage of Donald Trump's incendiary speeches and images of ICE detention centers, and protests and counter-protests, with Shimomura noting the parallels between his incarceration experience and the present.
Might also like The Music Man of Manzanar (2007); Manzanar (1971); Encounter with the Past: American Japanese Internment in World War II (1980).
Media Details
Release Date | 2019 |
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Runtime | 10 minutes |
Director | Matthew Goriachkovsky |
Narrator | Yukio Shimomura |
Starring | Yukio Shimomura |
Music | Jaimie Pangan |
Cinematography | Corey Cao Nguyen |
Editing | Corey Jung |
IMDB Link | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11244992/ |