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\n Documentary film about the\n \n Crystal City\n \n internment camp by Kenya Gillespie. The short film tells the story of three families—the Utsushigawas from\n \n Peru\n \n , the Fukudas from San Francisco, and Eisorlohs,\n \n German Americans\n \n from Ohio—through narration and mostly contemporary footage of the Crystal City site, as well as images from a contemporaneous Crystal City government film. There is also a brief excerpt of remarks by another internee, Haru Kuromiya.\n

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\n Filmmaker Kenya Gillespie grew up in Kansas, the son of a white father and mother who is from Japan. He made the film while a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin to fulfill a graduation requirement.\n \n \n [1]\n \n \n

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\n \n Authored by\n \n Brian Niiya\n \n \n
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\n Niiya, Brian\n
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\n Might also like\n \n \n Crystal City Pilgrimage, October 31 to November 3, 2019\n \n \n (2019);\n \n \n The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai'i\n \n \n (2012);\n \n \n From a Silk Cocoon\n \n \n (2005)\n

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\n Filmmaker website (with streaming link):\n \n https://kenyagillespie.com/thecrystalcity\n \n

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  1. \n \n \n ↑\n \n \n \n Martha Nakagawa, \"Pilgrimage Forges a Path of Protest,\"\n \n Rafu Shimpo\n \n , Apr. 24, 2019, 1, 4.\n \n
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