Rabbit in the Moon

Rabbit in the Moon

Manzanar War Relocation Center. Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) Tule Lake Relocation Center (Calif.) Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.) Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945. Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Personal narratives. Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Psychological aspects. Concentration camps -- United States. Concentration camps -- California. Concentration camps -- Arizona. Concentration camps -- Wyoming. World War, 1939-1945 -- Draft resisters. World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American. World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Personal narratives. Loyalty oaths -- United States.

A documentary/memoir about the lingering effects of the World War II internment of the Japanese American community. Visually stunning and emotionally compelling, the film examines issues that ultimately created deep rifts within the Japanese American community, reveals the racist subtext of the loyalty questionnaire and exposes the absurdity of the military draft within the camps. These testimonies are linked by the filmmakers' own experiences in the camps and placed in a larger historical context by the director.

Omori, Emiko

Wabi-Sabi Productions

1999

DVD

2003.500.4118