PILGRIMAGE

PILGRIMAGE tells the inspiring story of how an abandoned WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans has been transformed into a symbol of retrospection and solidarity for people of all ages, races and nationalities in our post 9/11 world.

With a hip music track, never-before-seen archival footage and a story-telling style that features young and old, reveals how the Japanese American community reclaimed a national experience that had almost been deleted from public understanding.PILGRIMAGE shows how the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage now has new meaning for diverse generations who realize that when the US government herded thousands of innocent Americans into what the government itself called concentration camps, it was failure of democracy that would affect all Americans.

Credits
Writer: Tadashi Nakamura
Producer: Karen L. Ishizuka, Tadashi Nakamura
Executive Producer: Robert A. Nakamura
Director of Photography: Tadashi Nakamura
Editor: Tadashi Nakamura
Composer: Miles Senzaki
Sound Designer: Jon K. Oh
Music: Miles Senzaki, Fatgums, Blue Scholars, Kiwi

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VC Archives Presents: TWO ACTS

Before one story comes full circle, we look back at where it began — in dialogue between a father and son, each behind the camera.