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\n Short film about Kumezo Hachimonji, an Issei seed store owner from El Monte, California, who brought seeds with him to\n \n Heart Mountain\n \n that were used to grow vegetables there. The film is based on an interview with Ike Hachimonji, Kumezo's Nisei son. The short film by Michi Tanioka came out\n \n Visual Communications\n \n ' Digital Histories program, a program to encourage older Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander adults to tell stories through film.\n

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\n \n Authored by\n \n Brian Niiya\n \n , Densho\n \n
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\n Niiya, Brian\n
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