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Manzanar (Yuki)
Animation
Director's Choice • 2023
6 min
Pasadena, CA, US
A short film depicting the experience of a two-year old child imprisoned with her mother, as fallout from nations at war and fears fostered racism to cloud perceptions and deny rights to US citizens. This mixed media film uses animation and Library of Congress archival photos of Manzanar, a World War II Internment Camp for Japanese Americans. The original song tells the plight of a young, single mother, Mikiko Okinaga Hayakawa, who cannot protect her daughter Yuki from the world around her, but instead, instills self-esteem.