Family Gathering (1988)
- Original title
- A Family Gathering
- Directed by
- Lise Yasui
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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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