Education is Solidarity: The Third World Liberation Front
(2021) TRT: 2 min. In the late 60s, Asian, Latino, Black and white students stage the longest student strike in US history to demand ethnic studies.
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The Concentration Camp Law: Fighting the Emergency Detention Act
(2021) TRT: 3 min. In the late 60s, civil rights leaders and Japanese Americans joined forces to repeal the Emergency Detention Act, a law that could have rounded up Black activists in concentration camps.
Masters of Modern Design: The Art of the Japanese American Experience
(2019) TRT: 56 min. From the iconic typeface of “The Godfather” book cover to Herman Miller’s Noguchi table, the influence of Japanese American artists and designers in postwar American art and design is unparalleled. While this second generation of Japanese American artists have been celebrated in various publications and exhibitions with their iconic work, less-discussed is how the World War II incarceration — a period of intense discrimination and hardship — has also had a powerful effect on the lives of artists such as Ruth Asawa, George Nakashima, Isamu Noguchi, S. Neil Fujita and Gyo Obata.
Nisei Cubs Fan
(2019) TRT: 9 min. Cal Tajima has been a Chicago Cubs baseball fan since he was a boy. At 92 years old, he’s going to see them play in the World Series. Discover how his love for the Cubs is related to his time as a WWII veteran.