Family Gathering (1988)
- Original title
- A Family Gathering
- Directed by
- Lise Yasui
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary traces three generations of a Japanese-American family. It covers their early life in Oregon and their forced relocation to internment camps during World War II. The filmmaker uses home movies and interviews to tell her own family's story.
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What happens
Family Gathering is a 1988 American short documentary film by Lise Yasui, exploring three generations of her Japanese-American family, from their immigration to Oregon in the early 20th century through their imprisonment in internment camps during World War II. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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