Unfinished Business (1985)
60 mins | Documentary | 26 January 1985
Director:
Steven OkazakiWriters:
Steven Okazaki, Jane Kaihatsu, Kei Yokomizo, Laura IdeProducer:
Steven OkazakiCinematographer:
Steven OkazakiEditor:
Steven OkazakiProduction Company:
Corporation for Public BroadcastingSummary and credits for this unviewed film are derived from documents in AMPAS library files, and may not reflect what appears onscreen.
According to an article by Elenita Ravicz that appeared in the 26 Jan 1985 LAT, the film took nine months to make, and cost approximately $140,000. The article noted that after its one-day screening in Los Angeles, the film was slated to be shown in San Diego, CA; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; and New York, NY.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Documentary Feature. ...
Summary and credits for this unviewed film are derived from documents in AMPAS library files, and may not reflect what appears onscreen.
According to an article by Elenita Ravicz that appeared in the 26 Jan 1985 LAT, the film took nine months to make, and cost approximately $140,000. The article noted that after its one-day screening in Los Angeles, the film was slated to be shown in San Diego, CA; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; and New York, NY.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Documentary Feature.
Unfinished Business: The Japanese American Internment Cases
Through contemporary interviews, archival footage, and sequencesfootage shot during performances of the play, Point of Order, which is based on the same subject, the film tells the stories of Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Kormatsu, and Minoru Yasui, three Japanese-Americans who refused to be interned with 110,000 fellow Japanese-Americans that were forceably settled to U. S. internment camps during World War II. Their efforts to have their convictions for violating Executive Order 9066 overturned are also ...
Through contemporary interviews, archival footage, and sequencesfootage shot during performances of the play, Point of Order, which is based on the same subject, the film tells the stories of Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Kormatsu, and Minoru Yasui, three Japanese-Americans who refused to be interned with 110,000 fellow Japanese-Americans that were forceably settled to U. S. internment camps during World War II. Their efforts to have their convictions for violating Executive Order 9066 overturned are also detailed.
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