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2012 PC Reads Movies and Documentaries

2012 Pierce County Reads - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.

	Fumiko Hayashida [videorecording] : the woman behind the symbol , Call Number: DVD 940.5317 FUMIKO 2009 Story of Fumiko Hayashida, relocated with her family from Bainbridge Island, Washington to the Manzanar relocation camp during World War II and later to Minidoka. A photo of Hayashida and her daughter became a national symbol of the internment experience. Write Review		Children of the camps [videorecording] : the documentary , Call Number: DVD 940.5317 CHILDRE 1999 Part of the Children of the camps educational project, shares the experiences, cultural and familial issues, and the long internalized grief and shame felt by six Japanese Americans who were incarcerated in internment camps as children during World War II. Write Review
	Time of fear , Call Number: DVD 940.5317 TIME OF 2004 In World War II, more than 110,000 Japanese-Americans were forced into relocation camps across the US. This film traces the lives of the 16,000 people who were sent to camps in southeast Arkansas. Write Review		The Magic of Ordinary Days . Call Number: DVD DRAMA M A lonely bride finds friendship in two Japanese American sisters who are living at a nearby internment camp. When she unwittingly becomes an accomplice to a crime and is faced with betrayal, she comes to understand what she truly believes about the nature of trust and love. Write Review
	Rabbit in the Moon . Call Number: DVD 940.5317 RABBIT Documentary about the lasting effects of the WWII internment on the Japanese American community examines issues that ultimately created deep rifts within that community. The film looks at the racist loyalty oath and the practice of drafting for the U.S. military within the camps. Testimonies of camp survivors and families show individual traumas, and then give an overall perspective. Write Review		Toyo's Camera: Japanese American History During WWII . Call Number: DVD 940.5308 TOYOS C While bringing cameras into internment camps was prohibited, one photographer smuggled in his own camera lens and built a camera to take photographs of life behind barbed wire in Manzanar War Relocation Center. Photographer Toyo Miyatake, through an artistic medium, captured the devastating conditions during WWII. Write Review
	Go for broke! . Call Number: DVD ACTION G A triumphant look at the grit and guts of the Japanese-Americans who made up the 442nd regiment during World War II. Dealing with their prejudiced commander and facing battlefront horrors with true heroism and team spirit earned them national respect. Write Review		Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson Call Number: DVD DRAMA S Suspense, a mysterious drowning, and a charmed but doomed love affair sets the stage for this novel. Above all, however, the island of San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II, when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbors watched. Write Review
	Unfinished Business: The Japanese American Internment Cases Steven Okazaki Call Number: DVD 940.5317 UNFINIS In the spring of 1942, more than 110,000 American citizens of Japanese ancestry were uprooted from their lives and incarcerated in relocation camps. Their stories, along with those who refused to go, are told in this Oscar nominated film. Write Review

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