Japanese American Internment Movies

  • 1970
    Enemy Alien

    Enemy Alien

    Enemy Alien

    01970HD

    A Palestinian activist's fight for freedom draws a Japanese American filmmaker into confrontation with detention regimes of past and present.

    Enemy Alien
  • 2015
    Changing Season

    Changing Season

    Changing Season

    02015HD

    Venture out to the Masumoto Farm – eighty acres of prime, peach-growing orchards – where seven varieties of the sweet juicy fruit are...

    Changing Season
  • 2023
    The Chest of Ryou

    The Chest of Ryou

    The Chest of Ryou

    02023HD

    Amid the hysteria of World War II, a Chinese-American private investigator meets with a Japanese-American client and must choose between his desire...

    The Chest of Ryou
  • 1970
    Before They Take Us Away

    Before They Take Us Away

    Before They Take Us Away

    01970HD

    At the start of World War II, Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were faced with the threat of forced removal and incarceration in...

    Before They Take Us Away
  • 1970
    Our American Family: The Furutas

    Our American Family: The Furutas

    Our American Family: The Furutas

    01970HD

    A Japanese-American family establishes a goldfish farm, only to have the business -- and family -- devastated by World War II.

    Our American Family: The Furutas
  • 1970
    The Songbird of Manzanar

    The Songbird of Manzanar

    The Songbird of Manzanar

    01970HD

    Music provided relief during the years of the Japanese American internment throughout WWII. Mary Nomura performed in Manzanar for the three years of...

    The Songbird of Manzanar
  • 1970
    Conscience and the Constitution

    Conscience and the Constitution

    Conscience and the Constitution

    91970HD

    Americans refused to be drafted from the concentration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Ready to fight, but not before their rights as U.S. citizens...

    Conscience and the Constitution
  • 1970
    Tanforan: Race Track to Assembly Center

    Tanforan: Race Track to Assembly Center

    Tanforan: Race Track to Assembly Center

    01970HD

    From Race Track to Assembly Center documents life for San Francisco Bay Area residents of Japanese ancestry incarcerated at the Tanforan Race Track...

    Tanforan: Race Track to Assembly Center
  • 2023
    Grandpa Cherry Blossom

    Grandpa Cherry Blossom

    Grandpa Cherry Blossom

    02023HD

    The story of Francis Uyematsu, a Japanese immigrant, told through the words of his granddaughter, Mary Uyematsu Kao, and Chuck Currier, a local...

    Grandpa Cherry Blossom
  • 2001
    Skate Manzanar

    Skate Manzanar

    Skate Manzanar

    02001HD

    A meditation on skateboarding, civil liberties and memory. Inspired by the essay by Martin Wong, "Return to Manzanar", based on a trip he took with...

    Skate Manzanar
  • 2024
    Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama

    Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama

    Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama

    02024HD

    Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama tells the epic journey of the late Japanese Canadian photographer Tamio Wakayama who decides to join the...

    Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama