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japanese internment camp

2 movies and shows

Land of Dreams

Land of Dreams

Sat, 16 Nov 2024

It is 1946. Recently repatriated Paula is trying to feel at home in Friesland after her experiences in a Japanese internment camp. She is taken in by family she has never met before. Her presence is tolerated, but not fully accepted. Suspicion grows among the family when, since her arrival at the potato farm, brown rot is found on one of the potatoes.

Nomoto: A BC Tragedy

Nomoto: A BC Tragedy

Sun, 23 Oct 2022

The injustice of the Japanese internment is explored through the story of Kyuichi Nomoto, one of the first Japanese Canadians to graduate from UBC, who suffered a breakdown deep in the BC Interior.