The first battle : the battle for equality in war-time Hawaii / a project of Community Development Pacific, Inc. ; writer/producer, & director, Tom Coffman
Published
San Francisco [Calif.] : Distributed to PBS by the Center for Asian American Media, [2006]
A mix of archival footage and historical recreations tells the story of the Japanese Hawaiians' efforts to maintain equal rights and fair treatment during World War II. Fearing that Japan's involvement in the war would stoke racial hatred, Americans of Japanese descent living in Hawaii effectively anticipated and countered the type of harsh treatment that forced Japanese-Americans on the U.S. mainland into internment camps
Notes
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2006
Credits
Director of photography, Ryan Kawamoto ; editor, Robert Bates ; music score, Stephen Fox
Performer
Narrators: David Hoole, Nyla Fujii, Eric Nemoto. Actors: Eric Nemoto, Gary Ontai, John Bopp, Edward Sclafani
Notes
In English
Description based on DVD version record, title from title screen (viewed August 31, 2015)
