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Exploring the Japanese American WWII experience through documentary film

Exploring the Japanese American WWII experience through documentary film

Overview

These short films by Stourwater Pictures are accompanied by activities for classroom and remote teaching and learning about the story of Japanese American WWII exclusion and incarceration on Bainbridge Island and Washington State.

Films and Teacher Guide

Documentary Films by Stourwater Pictures

 

Home from the Eastern SeaHome from the Eastern Sea

  • This is the story of the immigration of Chinese, Japanese, and Filipinos to America. The documentary explores the history of each nationality through the personal stories of representative families.
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Woman Behind the SymbolFumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol

  • A historical portrait of Fumiko, her family and the Bainbridge Island Japanese American community in the decades before World War II.

 

Red PinesThe Red Pines

  • A short film for university and K-12 classrooms, portraying the history and struggle of Japanese Americans on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and the legacy of their culture in the present-day community. 
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Friends Behind Barbed WireMy Friends Behind Barbed Wire

  • Reflections of the role a young caucasian child's father played as he moved his family from Seattle to Minidoka.

 

 

Teacher Guide

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Exploring the Japanese American WWII experience through documentary film

This teacher’s guide provides social studies activities on the Japanese American WWII experience in Washington State for use in the classroom and remote learning for Grades 4-12. Activities have been specifically adapted for use in conjunction with four documentary films by Stourwater Pictures: • Fumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol • The Red Pines • My Friends Behind Barbed Wire • Home from the Eastern Sea

Attribution and License

Attribution

These films by Stourwater Pictures are made available by a grant from the Kip Tokuda Memorial Washington Civil Liberties Public Education Program funded by the Washington State Legislature and administered by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Cover image of frieze by Steve Gardner for the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial. Used pursuant to fair use.

Film title screenshots by Stourwater Pictures. Used pursuant to fair use.

Licenses

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Exploring the Japanese American WWII experience through documentary film by the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community for the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. All logos and trademarks are property of their respective owners. Sections used under fair use doctrine (17 U.S.C. § 107) are marked.

 

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Home from the Eastern Sea, 
Fumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol, The Red Pines, and My Friends Behind Barbed Wire, copyright Stourwater Pictures are available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License.

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