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Video Collection

Further Research

 
 
 
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Video collection

Learn about the people touched by the World War II Japanese American prison camps...in their own words.
These short documentaries explore the history of the camps and their impact today.
Note: Additional worksheets, discussion guides, and games are coming soon

Gabriel’s Heart Mountain

Gabriel, an LA middle school student, created a virtual Japanese American internment camp on Minecraft, based on the site where his grandmother was incarcerated during WWII. This is the story of his journey to the camp, his Minecraft project, and the learning-history-through-Minecraft workshop he taught with educational technologist Randall Fujimoto.

Marie’s Dolls

When Marie Tajima and her family were forced to leave their home and move into an incarceration camp in Heart Mountain, they couldn’t bring all of their belongings. Many favorite things were left behind. She sent her beloved collection of dolls to her pen pal and hasn’t seen them since...until now.

Boy Scouts of heart mountain

At every incarceration camp, there were boy scout and girl scout troops. Now, the boy scouts from one of these camps reunite! Bill Ujiiye and his friends, who participated in boy scouts while being imprisoned in the Heart Mountain incarceration camp, get together to reminisce about their scouting days and how their bond has lasted.

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Nisei Cubs Fan

Cal Tajima has been a Chicago Cubs baseball fan since he was a boy. At 92 years old, he’s going to see them play in the World Series. Discover how his love for the Cubs is related to his time as a WWII veteran.

YuRi’s Story

Yuri and Bill Kochiyama travel to Camp Shelby, where Bill trained with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and then to Jerome, Arkansas to revisit the incarceration camp where Yuri and her family were forced to stay. Along the way, they visit their freedom fighter son’s home and a farmer who befriended the Japanese Americans, and they pay tribute to a civil rights activist.

Skate Manzanar

A meditation on skateboarding, civil liberties and memory in collaboration with Martin Wong and Michael Louie of Giant Robot. Originated for the multi-media performance piece, "Amnesia," created by Roger Shimomura on different generations' perspectives of the World War II Japanese American internment camps.