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\n Video on the World War II odyssey of Japanese Americans from the Watsonville area based on interviews with survivors of that time. The video was part of a larger project that also included a curriculum guide/lesson plan kit for teachers and an interactive video kiosk available for display by community organizations. The project was sponsored by the Watsonville Public Library and Watsonville-Santa Cruz chapter of the\n \n Japanese American Citizens League\n \n and funded by a $14,000 grant from the\n \n California Civil Liberties Public Education Program\n \n . The film's premiere screening took place on August 27, 2011.\n \n \n [1]\n \n \n

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\n \n Authored by\n \n Lewis Kawahara\n \n and\n \n Brian Niiya\n \n , Densho\n \n
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\n MIght also like\n \n \n Blossoms and Thorns: A Community Uprooted\n \n \n (2012);\n \n \n The Merced Assembly Center: Injustice Immortalized\n \n \n (2012);\n \n \n Chrysanthemums and Salt\n \n \n (1994)\n

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\n \n An American Story of WWII\n \n at the\n \n Watsonville Public Library website\n \n .\n

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\n Guild, Todd. \"Keeping History Alive: Project Tells Stories of Japanese-American Internees.\"\n \n \n Register-Pajaronian\n \n , Aug. 29, 2011\n \n .\n

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  1. \n \n \n ↑\n \n \n \n \n Pacific Citizen\n \n , Aug. 19–Sept. 1, 2011, 14, accessed on March 25, 2015 at\n \n http://www.pacificcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/18_AUG._19_ISSUEWEB.PDF\n \n .\n \n
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