BASEBALL BEHIND BARBED WIRE
Baseball Behind Barbed Wire paints the story of Japanese American incarceration during World War II through the lens of baseball, incorporating interviews, art by former incarcerees, archival film, and animation. Despite being stripped of rights and confined from 1942-45, Japanese Americans embraced baseball to assert their citizenship and loyalty amid guard towers and barbed wire.
Credits
Director(s):
Yuriko Gamo RomerProducer(s):
Yuriko Gamo Romer, Marc Smolowitz, Loi Ameera AlmeronWriter(s):
Yuriko Gamo Romer, Shirley ThompsonCast:
Howard Zenimura, Tets Furukawa, Kerry Yo Nakagawa, Bill Staples, Jr.Presented as Part Of REMOVED BY FORCE + BASEBALL BEHIND BARBED WIRE + BENKYODO
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