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Of Civil Wrongs and Rights
Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story

by Eric Paul Fournier

Premiere: July 10, 2001

Of Civil Wrongs and Rights is the untold history of the 40-year legal fight to vindicate Fred Korematsu — who resisted the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II — one that finally turned a civil injustice into a civil rights victory.

Days Of Waiting
Days Of Waiting

by Steven Okazaki

Premiere: August 15, 1990

Artist Estell Peck Ishigo went with her Japanese American husband into an internment camp during World War II, one of the few Caucasians to do so. Vividly recreated from Ishigo's own memoirs, photos and paintings, Days Of Waiting reveals the shattering relocation experience from an "outsider's" perspective.