A love story about a Caucasian man and a Japanese American woman is featured in this story that reveals the tensions before, during, and after World War II.
The cats of Mirikitani, 2008
Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens his life on the New York City streets and a local filmmaker brings him to her home, the two embark of a journey to confront Jimmy’s painful past.
Rabbit in the Moon, 2004
This is a memoir/documentary by award-winning filmmaker Emiko Omori which won several awards including Best Cinematography in Documentary Films at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival and Outstanding Historical Programming at the 2000 News and Documentary EMMY Awards.
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