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Kommando 1944 (2018)

Kommando 1944 poster
Directed by
Derek Quick
Country
United States
Runtime
16 min
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short film about Japanese Americans being forced into internment camps during World War II. It focuses on the experience of one family during this time.

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What happens

Kommando 1944 is a short film directed and written by Derek Quick depicting the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The film has won over 100 awards within its first month on the festival circuit around the world (September 2018) and is currently competing to break the Guinness World Records for short film wins. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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