Rabbit
in the Moon
Documentary
(87
min.)
2000 EMMY AWARD
Outstanding Historical Program
1999 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
The Cinematography Award for Documentary
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1942, President Roosevelt signed an order that would eventually uproot
120,000 people of Japanese descent - nearly two-thirds of them
American-born, from the western states of the US, incarcerating them until
the end of World War II. Deemed a military threat, government soldiers
hauled these families from thriving farms and businesses to 10 hurriedly
built internment camps in remote locations. The Civil Liberties Act of
1988 gave the internees $1.2 billion in compensation, but for 40 years the
memories of the camps remained largely buried. The filmmakers who were
internees as children, explore the events, meaning and lingering effects
of the internment. 2000 EMMY AWARD Outstanding Historical Program 1999 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL The Cinematography Award for Documentary |
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