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When You Leave (film)
- Films and Video
- Grades 9-12, Adult
- Drama, Short
- Evils of racism, Loss of innocence, Family - blessing or curse
- Limited availability
Dramatic short film mostly set in Minidoka about a small family that is split on the prospect of leaving camp. As the film begins, Yukio, a young man, returns from a stint doing farm labor on the outside. Sullen and quiet, he refuses to tell his family about his experience. But when his sister and mother announce that they have received clearance to leave, he is unexpectedly reluctant. To try to make the camp seem more like home, he begins building furniture. But when he builds a box for his sister's baby shoes, the crisis comes into the open.
Nisei (film)
- Films and Video
- Grades 9-12, Adult
- Drama, Short
- Facing darkness, Family - blessing or curse, Patriotism – positive side or complications
- Available
Narrative film about two Nisei brothers that begins with their visit with their Issei father at Tule Lake and follows them to the battlefields of Italy as members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team .