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Title:

Farewell to Manzanar / produced and directed by John Korty ; teleplay by John Korty, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston.

Publisher:

NBC Universal Media ;

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki--Film adaptations.
Manzanar War Relocation Center--Drama.
Japanese--United States--Drama.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Drama.
Made-for-TV movies.

Other Authors:

Korty, John. drt
Shimoda, Yuki. act
McCarthy, Nobu. act
Kikumura-Yano, Akemi, 1944- act
Mako, 1933-2006. act
Morita, Pat, 1932-2005. act
Houston, James D. aus
Chihara, Paul, 1938- cmp
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki. Farewell to Manzanar.
NBC Universal Media.
Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Notes:

Yuki Shimoda, Nobu McCarthy, Akemi Kikumura, Clyde Kusatu, Mako, Pat Morita, Lou Frizzell. Originally produced as a television movie in 1976. Based on the book by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston.

Contents:

Bonus material: Remembering Manzanar (22 min.) -- Interview with Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (10 min.).

Summary:

The true story of the Wakatsuki family of Santa Monica, California, is told by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, who was seven years old when she and her family were taken by bus 250 miles to Camp Manzanar, near the High Sierras. The drama follows the family from their well-ordered, pleasant life in Santa Monica to the emotion-shattering experience of being uprooted and evacuated to camps.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)693325509

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)