1981

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Speak Out for Justice: The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Los Angeles Hearings, August 4–6, 1981 (film)

Films and Video
Grades 9-12, Adult
Documentary
Evils of racism, Injustice, Wisdom of experience
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Short compilation of testimony from the Los Angeles hearings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians includes excerpts from twenty-eight people covering a range of topics including the arrest and internment of Issei , 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 Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress and Visual Communications and edited by Steve Nagano.

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