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As part of the 50th anniversary commemoration of\n  \n   Executive Order 9066\n  \n  , JANM put together\n  \n   Canefields and Deserts\n  \n  , which opened at the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu on July 10, 1992. Curated by Pam Funai, the exhibition included photographs of Hawai'i internment camps\n  \n   Sand Island\n  \n  and\n  \n   Honouliuli\n  \n  , letter and sketches by artist\n  \n   George Hoshida\n  \n  , and a large scale model of\n  \n   Manzanar\n  \n  made by Robert Hasuike. After its brief ten-day run in Honolulu, the exhibition traveled to Denver in August 1992.","url_title":"Canefields and Deserts: Japanese American Internment (exhibition)","categories":["Chroniclers"],"rg_rgmediatype":["exhibitions"],"rg_interestlevel":["Grades 6-8","Grades 9-12","Adult"],"rg_genre":["History"],"rg_theme":["Evils of racism","Injustice"],"rg_availability":["No availability"],"rg_rgmediatype_label":"Museum Exhibitions","rg_rgmediatype_icon":"fa-university"},{"id":"I'll Remember April (film)","model":"article","index":"13 13/{'value': 40, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/I'll%20Remember%20April%20(film)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/I'll%20Remember%20April%20(film)/"},"title":"I'll Remember April (film)","description":"Dramatic film directed by Bob Clark and written by Mark Sanderson set in April 1942 about four young boys who discover a Japanese sailor. One of the boys is Japanese American, and he and his family also prepare for their imminent forced removal and incarceration. Pat Morita plays the boy's grandfather.","url_title":"I'll Remember April (film)","categories":["Arts"],"rg_rgmediatype":["films"],"rg_interestlevel":["Grades 6-8","Grades 9-12","Adult"],"rg_genre":["Drama"],"rg_theme":["Coming of age","Loss of innocence","Fear of other"],"rg_availability":["Available"],"rg_rgmediatype_label":"Films and Video","rg_rgmediatype_icon":"fa-film"},{"id":"Interactions (film)","model":"article","index":"14 14/{'value': 40, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Interactions%20(film)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/Interactions%20(film)/"},"title":"Interactions (film)","description":"A 2000 film that chronicles the experiences of four high school students, who are given four days to find out about Japanese American teenagers in U.S. concentration camps during World War II. Equipped with a phone and a computer, Kiet, Christina, Miguel and Lluvia interview former inmates and visit the site of one of the camps, while contemplating the meaning of the wartime incarceration and its relevance to the present.","url_title":"Interactions (film)","categories":["Arts"],"rg_rgmediatype":["films"],"rg_interestlevel":["Grades 6-8","Grades 9-12","Adult"],"rg_genre":["Documentary"],"rg_theme":["Power of the past"],"rg_availability":["No availability"],"rg_rgmediatype_label":"Films and Video","rg_rgmediatype_icon":"fa-film"},{"id":"Justice Now! Reparations Now! (film)","model":"article","index":"15 15/{'value': 40, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Justice%20Now!%20Reparations%20Now!%20(film)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/Justice%20Now!%20Reparations%20Now!%20(film)/"},"title":"Justice Now! Reparations Now! 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A 21-minute short,\n  \n   Half Kenneth\n  \n  was made by Ken Ochiai as a master's thesis film at the American Film Institute.","url_title":"Half Kenneth (film)","categories":["Arts"],"rg_rgmediatype":["films"],"rg_interestlevel":["Grades 6-8","Grades 9-12","Adult"],"rg_genre":["Drama","Short"],"rg_theme":["Coming of age","Loss of innocence","Family - blessing or curse"],"rg_availability":["Limited availability"],"rg_rgmediatype_label":"Films and Video","rg_rgmediatype_icon":"fa-film"},{"id":"Harsh Canvas: The Art and Life of Henry Sugimoto (film)","model":"article","index":"21 21/{'value': 40, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Harsh%20Canvas:%20The%20Art%20and%20Life%20of%20Henry%20Sugimoto%20(film)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/Harsh%20Canvas:%20The%20Art%20and%20Life%20of%20Henry%20Sugimoto%20(film)/"},"title":"Harsh Canvas: The Art and Life of Henry Sugimoto (film)","description":"A 2001 biographical documentary film on the life and work of\n  \n   Issei\n  \n  artist\n  \n   Henry Sugimoto\n  \n  , based on the artist's memoirs and testimony before the\n  \n   Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians\n  \n  . The film highlights Sugimoto's art through archival and contemporary footage and follows his life's journey from immigration to his incarceration with his family during World War II in Arkansas, and postwar relocation to New York. Actor\n  \n   Mako\n  \n  narrates the film in the voice of Sugimoto. Interviews with his daughter Madeleine Sugimoto and sister-in-law Naomi Tagawa provide additional information on his life, while fellow artist George Mukai and curators Kristine Kim and Stephanie Barron discuss the significance of his work.","url_title":"Harsh Canvas: The Art and Life of Henry Sugimoto (film)","categories":["Arts"],"rg_rgmediatype":["films"],"rg_interestlevel":["Grades 6-8","Grades 9-12","Adult"],"rg_genre":["Documentary"],"rg_theme":["Expression through art","Immigrant experience","Injustice"],"rg_availability":["No availability"],"rg_rgmediatype_label":"Films and Video","rg_rgmediatype_icon":"fa-film"},{"id":"Hito Hata: Raise the Banner (film)","model":"article","index":"22 22/{'value': 40, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Hito%20Hata:%20Raise%20the%20Banner%20(film)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/Hito%20Hata:%20Raise%20the%20Banner%20(film)/"},"title":"Hito Hata: Raise the Banner (film)","description":"Landmark feature film produced by Visual Communications (VC), a Los Angeles based non-profit in 1980. Centering on the life story of an\n  \n   Issei\n  \n  man,\n  \n   Hito Hata\n  \n  was likely the first dramatic feature film about Asian Americans by Asian Americans since the silent film era.","url_title":"Hito Hata: Raise the Banner (film)","categories":["Arts"],"rg_rgmediatype":["films"],"rg_interestlevel":["Grades 6-8","Grades 9-12","Adult"],"rg_genre":["Drama"],"rg_theme":["Immigrant experience"],"rg_availability":["Limited availability"],"rg_rgmediatype_label":"Films and Video","rg_rgmediatype_icon":"fa-film"},{"id":"Farewell to Manzanar Educational Kit (curricula)","model":"article","index":"23 23/{'value': 40, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Farewell%20to%20Manzanar%20Educational%20Kit%20(curricula)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/Farewell%20to%20Manzanar%20Educational%20Kit%20(curricula)/"},"title":"Farewell to Manzanar Educational Kit (curricula)","description":"In 2003, the\n  \n\n    Farewell to Manzanar\n   \n\n  Education Initiative distributed 10,000 copies of the\n  \n   Farewell to Manzanar Educational Kit\n  \n  to California public schools and public libraries. The kit consists of the book,\n  \n   Farewell to Manzanar and Related Readings\n  \n  (1998), a teaching guide for the book (1998), a VHS cassette of the\n  \n\n    Farewell to Manzanar\n   \n\n  made-for-television movie (1976) with an additional 35-minute classroom version, and a video study guide (2002). Separate elements of the kit are available for purchase (except for the video study guide).","url_title":"Farewell to Manzanar Educational Kit (curricula)","rg_rgmediatype":["curricula"],"rg_interestlevel":["Grades 7-8","Grades 9-12"],"rg_genre":["Memoir","Drama","History"],"rg_theme":["Coming of age","Displacement","Evils of racism","Family - blessing or curse","Growing up - pain or pleasure","Injustice","Patriotism - positive side or complications","Power of the past"],"rg_readinglevel":["Grades 7-8","Grades 9-12"],"rg_availability":["Limited availability"],"rg_rgmediatype_label":"Curricula","rg_rgmediatype_icon":"fa-tasks"},{"id":"Dave Tatsuno: Movies and Memories (film)","model":"article","index":"24 24/{'value': 40, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Dave%20Tatsuno:%20Movies%20and%20Memories%20(film)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/Dave%20Tatsuno:%20Movies%20and%20Memories%20(film)/"},"title":"Dave Tatsuno: Movies and Memories (film)","description":"Documentary film on\n  \n   Dave Tatsuno\n  \n  (1913–2006), a\n  \n   Nisei\n  \n  best known for the home movie footage he shot while incarcerated at the\n  \n   Topaz\n  \n  , Utah, concentration camp. Produced by KTEH, a San Jose-based public television station (now KQED), the hour-long documentary is based largely on interviews with Tatsuno and members of his family, along with family photos and clips from his home movies from before, during, and after the war. The film includes a lengthy excerpt from Tatsuno's\n  \n   Topaz Memories\n  \n  . The 2006 production was funded by the Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation, directed by Scott Gracheff, and produced by Christina Lim.","url_title":"Dave Tatsuno: Movies and Memories (film)","categories":["Arts"],"rg_rgmediatype":["films"],"rg_interestlevel":["Grades 6-8","Grades 9-12","Adult"],"rg_genre":["Documentary"],"rg_availability":["Widely available"],"rg_rgmediatype_label":"Films and Video","rg_rgmediatype_icon":"fa-film"}],"query":{"query":{"bool":{"filter":[{"term":{"published_rg":true}},{"term":{"rg_geography":"California"}}]}},"_source":["title","url_title","description","body","categories","coordinates","fulltext","rg_rgmediatype","rg_interestlevel","rg_readinglevel","rg_theme","rg_genre","rg_pov","rg_availability","rg_geography","rg_chronology","rg_hasteachingaids","rg_freewebversion"]},"aggregations":{}}