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WORKSHOP
PARTICIPANT RESPONSES
"I had the pleasure of attending the
advance viewing of your documentary, this past February, in Sacramento.
My mother and I enjoyed the film and local presentation. Both
of my parents are Nisei and were interned with their families
in different areas of the country. I thought that your film was
enlightening, poignant, and also inspirational for many people,
not only those of Japanese ancestry. I'm hoping to share the
film with other members of my family and friends.
Thank you!"
- Cheryl Kasai, Sacramento,
CA (April 28, 1999)
"Thank you again for presenting Children
of the Camps at North Seattle Community College, a few weeks
ago. I want to add my praise to the dozens, perhaps hundreds,
of other people who were deeply touched by the film. For many
of us, whose parents were children in camp, it was an excellent
opportunity to see what they might have to say, if they spoke
openly about the experience. I taped the showing on our local
PBS channel, and I can't wait to show it to my Dad."
- Anndrea S. Kawamura, Seattle,
WA
"The last year I have spent researching
my families experience in the camp . . . I have been met by silence
from my family, but thankfully I have come to meet other JA's
involved in wonderful work, such as the film "Children of
the Camps." I had the chance to see this film which is done
in the same format as The Color of Fear - it nearly ripped my
heart apart to see how an experience 50 years ago shaped the
very nuts and bolts of who I am today. I had no idea. And I had
no idea how much my family is not speaking about. But we are
familiar with silence, no?"
- Kris Mizutani, 25-year
old Sansei, San Francisco, CA
"I think the importance of the documentary
is in the way it has (and will continue to) touch the lives of
those who see it. I have for many years struggled (privately)
to come to terms with the internment camp experience and with
being Japanese-American in a racist society. Viewing this documentary
has added significant pieces to the puzzle for me and has spawned
the idea of our family members getting together to talk more
openly about our own experiences since camp. Perhaps we will
get to know each other in a way we have not known before. As
you can see, the video has been a catalyst for dialogue in our
family and perhaps this is being replicated in other families."
- Anonymous
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