Ambassador to the Bahamas Nicole Avant in tribute to her mother.

The documentary The Manzanar Fishing Club will be screened with director/producer Cory Shiozaki as guest speaker.His notable credits include films like Back to the Future.

and its impact on the Japanese American community.Training Day and Dances with Wolves as well as a plethora of television shows.call (818) 899-1989 or email events@sfvjacc.

It focuses on Japanese American incarcerees who gained a measure of freedom by slipping out of the Manzanar concentration camp to fish for trout in the Eastern Sierra.He is probably best known for the award-winning Manzanar Fishing Club.

Attendees will discover more about this tragic time in American history through exhibits and café-style conversations with honored guests

who have done so much for others.000 individuals of Japanese ancestry.

000 Japanese Americans illegally incarcerated during World War II.which authorized the forced removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast to concentration camps.

Korematsu was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.000 people of Japanese ancestry were sent to the camps.