1942 LA. A Black journalist advocates for justice alongside a #JapaneseAmerican family forced into Heart Mountain prison camp. A film by @kexrhodes @kexstudios.
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Shoutout to Kate L. for supporting Desolate Dreams with a donation! Every dollar helps us share this untold story. Thank you for being part of the journey! #DesolateDreamsFilm #SupportIndieFilm #JapaneseAmericanHistory #NeverForget
The Ireicho: Day of Remembrance makes a stop to DC National Archives @USNatArchives archives.gov/calendar/event/…
We’re thrilled that #DesolateDreams was featured on @Coverfly's The Red List! 🌟 This honor fuels our journey to bring this WWII period piece to life. Follow, like, & share to support diverse storytelling! 🎥✨: tinyurl.com/3jx7ad3f #IndieFilm #WWII #SupportIndieFilm
We are grateful to Bill Shishima for sharing his family's story with us during the research phase of this film, which served as a significant inspiration behind the "Sakamoto family" characters in Desolate Dreams.
#DesolateDreams #JapaneseAmericanHistory #WWIlFilm #HeartMountain
Bill Shishima returned to @HeartMountainWY for our 2024 pilgrimage with many members of his family. Over his right shoulder is a photo in our museum of him as a toddler in his family's Little Tokyo grocery store.
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Ben Kuroki fought racism to be the only Japanese American to serve in the Army Air Corps in Europe. He survived 30 dangerous bombing missions in Europe and then returned home to urge Japanese Americans to serve in the fight against fascism. 1/2
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The new Remembrance Gallery at the @WAStateFair honors the more than 7,500 Japanese Americans incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center during WWII. Congratulations to the Puyallup Valley JACL!
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Huge thanks to our recent contributor, Robert M., for your support! 🎬 Your generosity brings us one step closer to filming Desolate Dreams. So grateful to have you on this journey with us! 🙏🙏🏽✨ #SupportIndieFilm #desolatedreamsfilm #allyship
Since we’ve landed @IndyArtsSF as our fiscal sponsor, we are so grateful for the support we have received thus far. Thank you to our recent contributors! Make a tax-deductible contribution: tinyurl.com/49rrdbpj
Director @kexrhodes with Kiwi at the 2023 @HeartMountainWY Pilgrimage. She will be missed. #heartmountain
“Kiwi was instrumental in helping the Foundation create its Making A Neighborhood exhibit….The exhibit tells the story of the cooperation between African Americans and Japanese Americans who lived in the J-Flats neighborhood before and after World War II.” @HeartMountainWY
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Actress and founder of the Asian American Girl Club, @allymaki’s late grandmother was incarcerated as a teenager at the #HeartMountain prison camp during #WWII. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AANHPIHeritageMonth #allymaki #JapaneseAmericanHistory #desolatedreamsfilm
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On Season 2 of the Netflix series, @neverhaveiever, Paxton Hall-Yoshida (played by Darren Barnet) discovers his grandfather was incarcerated at #Manzanar camp during #WWIl as a child. #AAPIHeritageMonth #JapaneseAmerican #neverhaveiever #desolatedreamsfilm
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Like @HeartMountainWY, local residents near the former Amache incarceration site were determined to ensure what happened there during World War II was not forgotten. Now it’s a @NatlParkService site.
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The late #KarateKid actor, #PatMorita, who portrayed the lovable Mr. Miyagi, was incarcerated at #TuleLake and #GilaRiver at age 11 during #WWIl.
#AAPIHeritageMonth #AANHPIHeritageMonth #JapaneseAmericanHistory #mrmiyagi #karatekidfans #desolatedreamsfilm
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@netflix series @neverhaveiever, Paxton Hall-Yoshida (played by @BarnetDarren) discovers that his grandfather was incarcerated at #Manzanar camp during #WWll as a child. #AAPIHeritageMonth #neverhaveiever #mindykaling #desolatedreamsfilm
Japanese American prison camp site in Colorado is now a national park nbcnews.com/news/asian-ameri… via @nbcnews
VLOG: 2024 Day of Remembrance event @amhistorymuseum. #NeverAgain #NeverAgainIsNow #dayofremembrance Watch the full video on @instagram: instagram.com/reel/C3jNRSpgE…
Day of Remembrance 2024 event at @smithsonian’s @amhistorymuseum. Panelists: President FDR’s great granddaughter, Perrin Ireland, alongside William Harris (Dir. of @FDRLibrary), & @UofMaryland Professor Dr. Madeline Hsu. Moderated by Exec. Dir. David Inoue of @JACL_National.
Today, Feb. 19th, marks the 82nd anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that led to the wrongful incarceration of 125,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. #DayofRemembrance