Top billed cast

1. 

   Dorothy Stroup

   Self - Narrator

2. 

   Estelle Peck Ishigo

3. 

   Lynn O'Donnell

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-07-03

Using her own strikingly vivid artwork, accomplished painter Estelle Ishigo tells us of her times of internment during the Second World War. She was an American citizen who had married a Japanese-American named Arthur and they lived amidst a thriving community until Pearl Harbour was bombed. The knee-jerk reaction of Uncle Sam at the time was to round up everyone with a Japanese sounding name, or with antecedence from there, and put them in holding camps. She refused to be separated from her husband, so joined him at the camp where they were treated as prisoners in all but name. Their status o...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• world war ii
• civil rights
• japanese american
• internment camp