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Film Screenings

"The Manzanar Fishing Club" by Cory Shiozaki

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Film Screenings

"The Manzanar Fishing Club" by Cory Shiozaki

The Manzanar Fishing Club is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans from a unique perspective: through the eyes of those who defied the armed guards, barbed wire and searchlights to fish for trout in the surrounding waters of the Eastern Sierra. This untold story offers a unique perspective on freedom, where internees found relief from the daily grind of unjust incarceration by matching wits with the trout in the surrounding waters of the famed Eastern Sierra.

Q&A to follow with filmmakers.

Available from the Museum Store >>

Read an article about the film at DiscoverNikkei.org >>

Saturday, Apr 20, 2013

2:00 PM PDT

The Manzanar Fishing Club is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans from a unique perspective: through the eyes of those who defied the armed guards, barbed wire and searchlights to fish for trout in the surrounding waters of the Eastern Sierra. This untold story offers a unique perspective on freedom, where internees found relief from the daily grind of unjust incarceration by matching wits with the trout in the surrounding waters of the famed Eastern Sierra.

Q&A to follow with filmmakers.

Available from the Museum Store >>

Read an article about the film at DiscoverNikkei.org >>

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