Time of fear [dvd] / written & directed by Sue Williams ; produced by Kathryn Dietz ; a film by Ambrica Productions in association with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Narrator, Peter Thomas.
Summary:
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 two camps in southeast Arkansas, one of the poorest and most racially segregated places in America. It explores the reactions of the native Arkansans who watched in bewilderment as their tiny towns were overwhelmed by this huge influx of outsiders. Through interviews with the internees and local citizens, the program explores how it affected the local communities, and the impact this history had on the issues of civil rights and social justice in America then and now.
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