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Film Screenings

"9066 to 9/11"

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Film Screenings

"9066 to 9/11"

About the Event

Produced by the National Museum's Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, 9066 to 9/11 explores similarities between the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II and Arab and South Asian Americans post-9/11. The film reveals disturbing parallels between these experiences -- separated by more than sixty years. While Executive Order 9066, which authorized the incarceration of Japanese Americans during the war was not reinstated post-9/11, the need to defend the Constitutional rights of all people has never been more relevant than now.

This screening will be followed by a discussion featuring award-winning Japanese American, Arab American, and Muslim American journalists, including photographer STAN HONDA; Knight Ridder Washington Bureau correspondent, KEN MORITSUGU; Detroit Free Press Staff Writer, NIRAJ WARIKOO, and LORRAINE ALI, contributing editor for Newsweek. VAL ZAVALA, Host of KCET's Life & Times will moderate.

Thursday, Aug 05, 2004

7:30 PM PDT

Aratani Central Hall

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About the Event

Produced by the National Museum's Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, 9066 to 9/11 explores similarities between the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II and Arab and South Asian Americans post-9/11. The film reveals disturbing parallels between these experiences -- separated by more than sixty years. While Executive Order 9066, which authorized the incarceration of Japanese Americans during the war was not reinstated post-9/11, the need to defend the Constitutional rights of all people has never been more relevant than now.

This screening will be followed by a discussion featuring award-winning Japanese American, Arab American, and Muslim American journalists, including photographer STAN HONDA; Knight Ridder Washington Bureau correspondent, KEN MORITSUGU; Detroit Free Press Staff Writer, NIRAJ WARIKOO, and LORRAINE ALI, contributing editor for Newsweek. VAL ZAVALA, Host of KCET's Life & Times will moderate.

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