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23 mag 2000 · Conscience and the Constitution: Directed by Frank Abe. With Jim French, Lawson Fusao Inada, Mako, Stephen Sumida. Americans refused to be drafted from the concentration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Ready to fight, but not before their rights as U.S. citizens were restored and families released.
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- Documentary, War
- Frank Abe
- 2000-05-23
18 dic 2023 · Conscience and the Constitution tells the story more or less chronologically, starting with the mass forced removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast, the strategy of cooperation promoted by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and their advocacy of military service as a way for Nisei to demonstrate their "loyalty ...
CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION is a one-hour film which reveals the long-untold story of the organized draft resistance at the American concentration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, and the suppression of that resistance by Japanese American leaders.
CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION delves into the heart of the Japanese American conscience and a controversy that continues today. Experience the choice faced by any group when confronted by mass injustice -- whether to comply or to resist.
A film by Frank Abe that explores the largest organized resistance to the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. It features the stories of 63 young men who refused the draft and served two years in prison, and the impact of their actions on the community and history.
PBS: Conscience and the Constitution: The Filmmakers. Broadcast. Schedule. A look at a group of young Americans during World War II who refused to be drafted into service while their government denied them their rights as citizens.
In WWII a handful of young Americans refused to be drafted from an American concentration camp. They were ready to fight for their country, but not before the government restored their rights as citizens and released their families from camp.
