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"body": "<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n <div id=\"databox-Films\" style=\"display:none;\">\n <p>\n Title:Before They Take Us Away;\nDate:2022; \nGenre:;\nReleased:;\nDirector:Antonia Grace Glenn;\nProducer:Evelyn Nakano Glenn; Patrick Glenn; Antonia Grace Glenn; Tim Becherer;\nWriter:Antonia Grace Glenn;\nScreenplay:;\nStory:;\nBasedOn:;\nNarrator:Evelyn Nakano Glenn;\nStarring:Ernie Ando (interviewee); Carol Estes (interviewee); Mitzi Funakoshi (interviewee); Arthur Imagire (interviewee); Toru Iura (interviewee); Edward Iwamoto (interviewee); Glenn Kameda (interviewee); Don Kaneshige (interviewee); Fred Kaneshige (interviewee); Chiyo Kobayashi (interviewee); Hideyo Minagi (interviewee); Ben Minamide (interviewee); Alyce Morita (interviewee); Reiko Murayama (interviewee); Gloria Nomura (interviewee); Joan Nomura (interviewee); Helen Okazaki (interviewee); James Sataki (interviewee); Grace Segawa (interviewee); Masako Wada (interviewee); Howard Yamamoto (interviewee); Kimika Yamasaki (interviewee); Tak Yamashita (interviewee); Alice Yano (interviewee); Sally Yoshikawa; Carlos Carrasco (Ulysses Webb, Tom Clark, Denver Post, Ogden Standard-Examiner); Tim Kniffin (John DeWitt, Nels Smith, Herbert Maw); Patrick Glenn (Farm Security Administration, Bert Miller, George Fisher); Scott Dawson (Chase Clark, OJ Henderson, Park Record); Ryan Takemiya (Ralph Carr, Park City Council); Grace Kim (War Relocation Authority; Salt Lake Telegram);\nMusic:Dave Iwataki;\nCinematography:Jim Choi; Gary Anthony Glenn; Patrick Glenn; Veena Hampapur;\nEditing:Tim Becherer;\nStudio:Unwashed Masses Production;\nDistributor:;\nRuntime:80/57 minutes;\nCountry:;\nLanguage:;\nBudget:;\nGross:;\nIMDBLink:;\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:Before They Take Us Away;\nCreators:;\nInterestLevel:Grades 9-12; Adult;\nReadingLevel:;\nGuidedReadingLevel:;\nLexile:;\nTheme:Desire to escape; Evils of racism; War – glory, necessity, pain, tragedy;\nGenre:;\nPoV:Told from the perspective of Nisei who were children when their families moved from the West Coast prior to the forced removal;\nRelatedEvents:;\nAvailability:Widely available;\nFreeWebVersion:Y;\nPrimarySecondary:;\nHasTeachingAids:No;\nWarnings:;\nDenshoTopic:World War II-Non-incarcerated Japanese Americans-\"Voluntary Evacuation\" [56];\nGeography:;\nChronology:1940s;\nFacility:;\n </p>\n </div>\n </div>\n <p>\n Documentary film on \"\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Voluntary_evacuation\" title=\"Voluntary evacuation\">\n voluntary evacuation\n </a>\n ,\" built around interviews with Japanese Americans whose families were among the roughly 5,000 who left the West Coast restricted area prior to the forced removal of Japanese Americans. After providing background on the prewar context and beginning of World War II, the bulk of the film focuses on the experiences of the families, most of whom moved to Utah or Colorado where they faced much hardship and discrimination, while also retaining their freedom. The film also specifically notes the case of\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Keetley_Farms\" title=\"Keetley Farms\">\n Keetley Farms\n </a>\n , a Nikkei settlement in Utah. The film is narrated in the first-person by Evelyn Nakano Glenn, who also reflects on her own family's wartime experience. The interviews are augmented by voice actors reading quotes from key officials and newspaper accounts from the time.\n </p>\n <p>\n The film came out of a project conceptualized by sociologist Evelyn Nakano Glenn, who first encountered the story of what she calls \"self-evacuees\" through a Japanese American neighbor in Massachusetts named Mary Nagatomi. Staring in 2012, Glenn, along with her son Patrick Glenn, began interviewing self-evacuees and eventually completing thirty interviews. In around 2020, filmmaker Antonia Grace Glenn began working with her mother and brother on a documentary film based on the interviews, with funding 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 .\n <i>\n Before They Take Us Away\n </i>\n premiered at the DisOrient Asian American Film Festival in Eugene, Oregon, in April 2022 and was shown on Sacramento PBS station KVIE on May 18.\n <sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-ftnt_ref1_1-0\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_note-ftnt_ref1-1\">\n [1]\n </a>\n </sup>\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=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Enduring%20Democracy:%20The%20Monterey%20Petition%20(film)/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n Enduring Democracy: The Monterey Petition\n </a>\n </i>\n (2021);\n <i>\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/And%20Then%20They%20Came%20for%20Us%20(film)/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n And Then They Came for Us\n </a>\n </i>\n (2017);\n <i>\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Toyo's%20Camera:%20Japanese%20American%20History%20During%20WWII%20(film)/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n Toyo's Camera: Japanese American History During WWII\n </a>\n </i>\n (2009)\n </p>\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 Official website:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://www.beforetheytakeusaway.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n https://www.beforetheytakeusaway.com/\n </a>\n </p>\n <p>\n Asakawa, Gil. \"'Before They Take Us Away' Tells the Story of JAs during WWII That You May Not Be Familiar With.\"\n <i>\n Nichi Bei Weekly\n </i>\n , Feb. 16–Mar. 1, 2023, 12.\n </p>\n <p>\n Chew, Erin. \"\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://asamnews.com/2022/04/22/some-japanese-americans-on-the-west-coast-avoided-incarceration-camps-by-moving-out-of-the-evacuation-zone/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n Revealing little known history of Japanese Americans.\n </a>\n \"\n <i>\n AsAmNews\n </i>\n , Apr. 22, 2022.\n </p>\n <p>\n Sammon, John. \"\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2022/7/4/before-they-take-us-away\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n Film Recounting Japanese Americans who fled imprisonment through banishment.\n </a>\n \"\n <i>\n Discover Nikkei\n </i>\n , July 4, 2022.\n </p>\n </div>\n</div>",
"footnotes": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"Footnotes\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Footnotes\">\n Footnotes\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <div class=\"reflist\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n <div class=\"mw-references-wrap\">\n <ol class=\"references\">\n <li id=\"cite_note-ftnt_ref1-1\">\n <span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_ref-ftnt_ref1_1-0\">\n ↑\n </a>\n </span>\n <span class=\"reference-text\">\n Erin Chew, \"Revealing little known history of Japanese Americans,\"\n <i>\n AsAmNews\n </i>\n , Apr. 22, 2022,\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://asamnews.com/2022/04/22/some-japanese-americans-on-the-west-coast-avoided-incarceration-camps-by-moving-out-of-the-evacuation-zone/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n https://asamnews.com/2022/04/22/some-japanese-americans-on-the-west-coast-avoided-incarceration-camps-by-moving-out-of-the-evacuation-zone/\n </a>\n ; John Sammon, \"Film Recounting Japanese Americans who fled imprisonment through banishment,\"\n <i>\n Discover Nikkei\n </i>\n , July 4, 2022,\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2022/7/4/before-they-take-us-away\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n https://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2022/7/4/before-they-take-us-away\n </a>\n , both accessed on Jan. 18, 2023.\n </span>\n </li>\n </ol>\n </div>\n </div>\n <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20230521153358\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.020 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.027 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 412/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 10906/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 5095/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 5/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0/20\nUnstrip post‐expand size: 1123/5000000 bytes\nExtLoops count: 0\n-->\n <!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00% 18.453 1 -total\n 13.24% 2.443 1 Template:Databox-Films\n 13.02% 2.402 1 Template:Reflist\n 12.35% 2.279 1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 7.28% 1.344 1 Template:Published\n 7.14% 1.317 1 Template:AuthorByline\n 6.90% 1.273 1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:4508-0!canonical and timestamp 20230521153358 and revision id 35202\n -->\n </div>\n</div>"
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