
MANZANAR + OUT OF THE DUST
- Shorts Programs
- 35 mins
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Experience reflections of Manzanar through dance and moving images, in honor of the works by Janice Mirikatani and VC Founding Director Robert A. Nakamura.
In this program
MANZANAR
Directed by Robert A. Nakamura
Created by Robert Nakamura as a graduate student in UCLA’s Ethnocommunications Program, Manzanar is a lyrical and pensive documentary in which a nisei reflects on his childhood incarceration at the Manzanar camp and the enduring effects of internment on his adult life.
Out of the Dust
Directed by Brian Staufenbiel, Yayoi Kambara
Dance film about World War II Japanese American Incarceration told through ghosts who come to life through poetry.
Dates & Times
Democracy Center @ JANM
May 4, 2025
12:00 pm