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Honor Bound: A Personal Journey (film)
- Films and Video
- Grades 9-12, Adult
- Documentary
- Heroism - real or perceived, Power of the past
- Available
Documentary film that tells the story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team through the story of one soldier, Haruo Howard "Howe" Hanamura, and his daughter, television reporter Wendy Hanamura, who travel to Europe in October 1994 for 50th anniversary ceremonies of the liberation of Bruyeres and Biffontaine by the 442nd. The film was produced by the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) and KPIX, San Francisco, where Wendy Hanamura was a news reporter. After debuting on KPIX on March 5, 1995, it went on to be shown on over 100 PBS stations.
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner (film)
- Films and Video
- Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Adult
- Drama
- Immigrant experience
- Limited availability
Landmark feature film produced by Visual Communications (VC), a Los Angeles based non-profit in 1980. Centering on the life story of an Issei man, Hito Hata was likely the first dramatic feature film about Asian Americans by Asian Americans since the silent film era.