Community organizations recently secured funding from the NEA to help develop a plan for arts programming at the plaza.

the premier showcase of films commemorating the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans in American concentration camps during World War II.this animated film tells the story of the Akutsu family.

whose passionate and uncompromising defense of the Constitution drove him to spend 23 years representing Japanese Americans who renounced their U.: Life and Death Behind Barbed WireBaseball Behind Barbed Wire (34 minutes.This particular kitchen item followed a family through their history of life on a flower farm.

the filmmaker discovers how the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans in 1942 led to two deaths in her family.?Shannon Gee adapted her film “We Hereby Refuse” from Frank Abe’s graphic novel.

brothers Gene and Jim and parents Kiyonosuke and Nao.

”Screenings will be followed by panel discussions with filmmakers.Army Corporal Norio Uyematsu visits his family in Japan for the first time in 1952.

(DoD photo)He returned to civilian life in July 1952.(DoD photo)“I am so happy I was able to see Misawa again after 73 years.

He initially received orders to Okinawa.”Norio’s mission took on a deeper meaning as he witnessed the resilience of the Japanese people.