STAND UP FOR JUSTICE: THE RALPH LAZO STORY

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Deep gratitude to all of our community organizations for the work that they lead. Special thanks to National Coalition for Redress/Reperations for their help in promoting this program.

Based on a true story, STAND UP FOR JUSTICE is a short dramatic film about Ralph Lazo, a young Latino American teenager from Los Angeles who voluntarily went to Manzanar concentration camp. Nisei friends remember him as one who stood faithfully with his Japanese American friends in their most difficult time. Ralph Lazo was also one of the first to support the movement to seek redress for surviving internees. Stand Up for Justice powerfully addresses the violations of civil liberties that Japanese Americans faced during World War II and reveals how one person’s actions earned the undying gratitude of a community.

Credits
Writer: John Esaki
Producer: Amy E. Kato
Executive Producer: Linda Mabalot
Director of Photography: Dean Hayasaka
Editor: Gail Yasunaga
Production Designer: Akeime Mitterlehner
Sound Designer: John K.Y. Oh
Music: Dave Iwataki, Quetzal Flores

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