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Directed by Maya Konz, Kajsa Woolford, Nolan Baker, Bailey Wall

Seattle • 2016 • 18 mins.

Personal reflections on the Japanese concentration camps of WWII. 

From filmmakers Maya Konz, Kajsa Woolford, Nolan Baker, and Bailey Wall: While researching WW2, I found stories about Japanese Americans living behind barbed wire in America. When questioning the school’s curriculum about this lack of education, I was told to teach myself. I found that over the years the exclusion hasn’t really been taught in schools, so I decided to educate people through my film.

This project was produced at Ballard High School in Seattle, WA.

Genres: Documentary

Appears in: 41st Fresh Film Northwest

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