{"id":"A Crossroad Called Manzanar (film)","doctype":"articles","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/A%20Crossroad%20Called%20Manzanar%20(film)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/A%20Crossroad%20Called%20Manzanar%20(film)/"},"title_sort":"crossroadcalledmanzanar","description":"Short dramatic film about two nine-year-old girls who are best friends—Aya Matsui and Penny Chan—in the final days before Aya's family will be forced to board busses for\n  \n   Manzanar\n  \n  . On what will be her final day of school, Penny—wearing the \"Proud to Be Chinese\" button than her mother pins on her every morning—comes to pick up Aya as usual. But after being harassed by white children on their way to school, they decide to spend the day playing in the fields and parks before heading home. Aya's family eats on the floor, the rest of their things packed or sold off. The next morning, the Matsuis report for their exile and are put on busses for Manzanar. Penny comes by their house, finding it empty and, shunned by the other kids, rides alone on the school bus to school.","rg_rgmediatype":["films"],"mediatype_label":"Films and Video","mediatype_icon":"fa-film","rg_interestlevel":["Grades 6-8","Grades 9-12","Adult"],"rg_genre":["Short","History"],"rg_theme":["Growing up - pain or pleasure","Loss of innocence"],"rg_availability":["No availability"],"categories":[{"title":"Arts"}],"topics":[],"authors":[{"title":"Brian Niiya","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/authors/Brian%20Niiya/","html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/authors/Brian%20Niiya/"}],"sources":[],"title":"A Crossroad Called Manzanar (film)","published_rg":true,"modified":"2021-08-30T17:15:14","databoxes":{"rgdatabox-Core":{"rgmediatype":["films"],"title":["A Crossroad Called Manzanar"],"creators":[],"interestlevel":["Grades 6-8","Grades 9-12","Adult"],"readinglevel":[],"guidedreadinglevel":[],"lexile":[],"theme":["Growing up - pain or pleasure","Loss of innocence"],"genre":["Short","History"],"pov":["9 year old girls","Chinese American and Japanese American"],"relatedevents":[],"availability":["No availability"],"freewebversion":["No"],"primarysecondary":[],"hasteachingaids":["No"],"warnings":["NR (Not Rated)"],"denshotopic":[],"geography":["Los Angeles, California"],"chronology":["1941-1942"],"facility":["Manzanar [7]"]},"databox-Films":{"title":["A Crossroad Called Manzanar"],"date":["2010"],"genre":[],"released":[],"director":["Cindy Fang"],"producer":["Alice Kim","Patrick Epino","Helen Sam","Kevin Thompson","Cindy Fang"],"writer":["Cindy Fang","Alice Kim"],"screenplay":[],"story":[],"basedon":[],"narrator":[],"starring":["Ruka Nagashima (Aya Matsui)","Sascha Tominaga (Penny Chan)","Machi Abe (Tomoko Matsui)","Toshiya Agata (Hiro Matsui)","Victor Ho (Sam Chan)","Constance Hsu (Li Chan)","Will Koai (Mas Matsui)"],"music":["Austin Wintory"],"cinematography":["Jay Visit"],"editing":["Mako Kamitsuna"],"studio":[],"distributor":[],"runtime":["13 minutes"],"country":[],"language":[],"budget":[],"gross":[],"imdblink":["<a class=\"external free\" href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1699176/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1699176/</a>"],"trailerlink":[]}},"rg_title":["A Crossroad Called Manzanar"],"rg_pov":["9 year old girls","Chinese American and Japanese American"],"rg_freewebversion":["No"],"rg_geography":["Los Angeles, California"],"rg_chronology":["1941-1942"],"rg_hasteachingaids":["No"],"rg_warnings":["NR (Not Rated)"],"body":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n <div id=\"databox-Films\" style=\"display:none;\">\n  <p>\n   Title:A Crossroad Called Manzanar;\nDate:2010; \nGenre:;\nReleased:;\nDirector:Cindy Fang;\nProducer:Alice Kim; Patrick Epino; Helen Sam; Kevin Thompson; Cindy Fang;\nWriter:Cindy Fang; Alice Kim;\nScreenplay:;\nStory:;\nBasedOn:;\nNarrator:;\nStarring:Ruka Nagashima (Aya Matsui); Sascha Tominaga (Penny Chan); Machi Abe (Tomoko Matsui); Toshiya Agata (Hiro Matsui); Victor Ho (Sam Chan); Constance Hsu (Li Chan); Will Koai (Mas Matsui);\nMusic:Austin Wintory;\nCinematography:Jay Visit;\nEditing:Mako Kamitsuna;\nStudio:;\nDistributor:;\nRuntime:13 minutes;\nCountry:;\nLanguage:;\nBudget:;\nGross:;\nIMDBLink:\n   <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1699176/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1699176/\n   </a>\n   ;\nTrailerLink:;\n  </p>\n </div>\n <div class=\"rgonly\">\n  <!--\"rgdatabox-CoreDisplay\" removed-->\n  <div id=\"rgdatabox-Core\" style=\"display:none;\">\n   <p>\n    RGMediaType:films;\nTitle:A Crossroad Called Manzanar;\nCreators:;\nInterestLevel:Grades 6-8; Grades 9-12; Adult;\nReadingLevel:;\nGuidedReadingLevel:;\nLexile:;\nTheme:Growing up - pain or pleasure; Loss of innocence;\nGenre:Short; History;\nPoV:9 year old girls; Chinese American and Japanese American;\nRelatedEvents:;\nAvailability:No availability;\nFreeWebVersion:No;\nPrimarySecondary:;\nHasTeachingAids:No;\nWarnings:NR (Not Rated);\nDenshoTopic:;\nGeography:Los Angeles, California;\nChronology:1941-1942;\nFacility:Manzanar [7];\n   </p>\n  </div>\n </div>\n <p>\n  Short dramatic film about two nine-year-old girls who are best friends—Aya Matsui and Penny Chan—in the final days before Aya's family will be forced to board busses for\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Manzanar\" title=\"Manzanar\">\n   Manzanar\n  </a>\n  . On what will be her final day of school, Penny—wearing the \"Proud to Be Chinese\" button than her mother pins on her every morning—comes to pick up Aya as usual. But after being harassed by white children on their way to school, they decide to spend the day playing in the fields and parks before heading home. Aya's family eats on the floor, the rest of their things packed or sold off. The next morning, the Matsuis report for their exile and are put on busses for Manzanar. Penny comes by their house, finding it empty and, shunned by the other kids, rides alone on the school bus to school.\n </p>\n <p>\n  <i>\n   A Crossroad Called Manzanar\n  </i>\n  received a grant from the\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/California_Civil_Liberties_Public_Education_Program\" title=\"California Civil Liberties Public Education Program\">\n   California Civil Liberties Public Education Program\n  </a>\n  and assistance from the\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Japanese_American_National_Museum\" title=\"Japanese American National Museum\">\n   Japanese American National Museum\n  </a>\n  , Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, and Independent Filmmaker Project.\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n  <b>\n   Authored by\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Brian_Niiya\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n    Brian Niiya\n   </a>\n   , Densho\n  </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n  Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n <p>\n  Might also like\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Tsuru (film)/\" title=\"Tsuru (film)\">\n    Tsuru\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  (2014);\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/A_Song_for_Manzanar_(film)\" title=\"A Song for Manzanar (film)\">\n   <i>\n    A Song for Manzanar\n   </i>\n  </a>\n  (2014);\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Moving Day (film)/\" title=\"Moving Day (film)\">\n    Moving Day\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  (1965)\n </p>\n <div id=\"RelatedArticlesDisplay\">\n  <div class=\"section\" id=\"Related_Articles\">\n   <h2>\n    <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Related_Articles\">\n     Related Articles\n    </span>\n   </h2>\n   <div class=\"section_content\">\n    <p class=\"mw-empty-elt\">\n    </p>\n    <div id=\"RelatedArticlesSectionDisplay\">\n     <div class=\"section\" id=\"\">\n      <h3>\n       <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"\">\n       </span>\n      </h3>\n      <div class=\"section_content\">\n       <p class=\"mw-empty-elt\">\n       </p>\n       <ul>\n        <li>\n         <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Dramatic_films/videos_on_incarceration\" title=\"Dramatic films/videos on incarceration\">\n          Dramatic films/videos on incarceration\n         </a>\n        </li>\n       </ul>\n      </div>\n     </div>\n    </div>\n   </div>\n  </div>\n </div>\n</div>\n","moreinfo":"<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n  <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n   For More Information\n  </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n  <p>\n   <i>\n    <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi4199193113\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n     A Crossroad Called Manzanar\n    </a>\n   </i>\n   <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi4199193113\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    trailer\n   </a>\n   .\n  </p>\n  <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20250626170222\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.029 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.036 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 407/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 9294/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1998/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 6/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0/20\nUnstrip post‐expand size: 0/5000000 bytes\nExtLoops count: 0\n-->\n  <!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00%   16.925      1 -total\n 24.05%    4.070      1 Template:RelatedArticles\n 20.28%    3.432      1 Template:Databox-Films\n 19.49%    3.298      1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 12.11%    2.050      1 Template:Published\n 12.01%    2.032      1 Template:RelatedArticlesSection\n 11.75%    1.989      1 Template:AuthorByline\n 11.09%    1.877      1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n  <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:1497-0!canonical and timestamp 20250626170222 and revision id 34023\n -->\n </div>\n</div>"}