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Featuring interviews with\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Bainbridge_Island,_Washington\" title=\"Bainbridge Island, Washington\">\n   Bainbridge Island\n  </a>\n  incarceration survivor Lilly Kitamoto Kodama and artists Anna Brones and Luc Revel, we see the fabrication of the pieces and their installation, concluding with their September 2022 dedication. The film was funded by the Bainbridge Island Parks &amp; Trails Foundation and City of Bainbridge Island.\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/The%20Red%20Pines:%20Japanese-Americans%20on%20Bainbridge%20Island%20(film)/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    The Red Pines: Japanese-Americans on Bainbridge Island\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  (2003);\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Bearing%20the%20Unbearable%20(film)/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    Bearing the Unbearable\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  (2019);\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/The%20Empty%20Chair%20(film)/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    The Empty Chair\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  (2014)\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   Streaming link:\n   <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkqMBNOty58\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkqMBNOty58\n   </a>\n  </p>\n  <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20250625170444\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.024 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.031 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 355/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 6857/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1549/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 4/40\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%   12.781      1 -total\n 26.53%    3.391      1 Template:Databox-Films\n 25.51%    3.260      1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 15.91%    2.033      1 Template:Published\n 15.66%    2.002      1 Template:AuthorByline\n 14.97%    1.913      1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n  <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:4560-0!canonical and timestamp 20250625170444 and revision id 36259\n -->\n </div>\n</div>"}