Resistance at Tule Lake

Name: Resistance at Tule Lake
Director: Konrad Aderer
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 2017-07-19
Duration: 1 h 18 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Hiroshi Kashiwagi, James Yaegashi, Wayne Merrill Collins, Jr., Roger Daniels, Grace Hata

Directed by Konrad Aderer

History

Documentary

20171h 18m

Overview

The long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the U.S. government's program of mass incarceration during World War II. Branded as 'disloyals' and re-imprisoned at Tule Lake Segregation Center, they continued to protest in the face of militarized violence, and thousands renounced their U.S. citizenship. Giving voice to experiences that have been marginalized for over 70 years, this documentary challenges the nationalist, one-sided ideal of wartime 'loyalty.'