Film Screening
Prior to the event we will also be having a lecture by Grant Din from the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation on new findings regarding Japanese Americans from Hawaii who were interned on Angel Island.
Date: Sunday, December 7, 2014
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center
Address: 640 Old Mason Street, Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129
Cost: Free admission
Produced by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i (JCCH), The Untold Story is the first full-length documentary to chronicle the internment experience of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i. While the story of mass internment of Japanese Americans in California, Oregon, and Washington has been well documented, very little is known about the internees and confinement sites in Hawai‘i.
Shortly after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawai‘i authorities arrested several hundred local Japanese on O‘ahu, Maui, Hawai‘i island, and Kaua‘i. Within 48 hours those arrested included: Buddhist priests, Japanese language school officials, newspaper editors, and business and community leaders. In total, over 2,000 men and women of Japanese ancestry were arrested, detained, and interned in Hawai‘i. There was no evidence of espionage or sabotage and no charges were ever filed against them. This film chronicles their story through oral histories, documents, interviews, and reenactments.