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\n Short compilation of testimony from the Los Angeles hearings of the\n \n Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians\n \n includes excerpts from twenty-eight people covering a range of topics including the arrest and internment of\n \n Issei\n \n , the travails of being incarcerated, the continuing impact on the incarceration, and calls for monetary reparations. A total of 157 people testified at the Los Angeles hearings for over twenty-three hours. Included in the film is footage of anti-redress activist Lillian Baker accosting Jim Kawaminami while he was testifying. The film was produced the\n \n Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress\n \n and\n \n Visual Communications\n \n and edited by Steve Nagano.\n

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\n \n Authored by\n \n Brian Niiya\n \n , Densho\n \n
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\n Might also like\n \n \n Right of Passage\n \n \n (2015);\n \n \n Justice Now! Reparations Now!\n \n \n (1988);\n \n \n Redress: The JACL Campaign for Justice\n \n \n (1991)\n

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