Movies and TvShows featuring "manzanar" theme.

Come See the Paradise is a drama, history, romance, and war film that takes place in New York City during the 1930s and 1940s. It tells the story of a Japanese immigrant and a Caucasian woman who fall in love and elope, facing racial prejudice, internment, and the challenges of their forbidden relationship amid the backdrop of the war.

Hell to Eternity is a biography/drama/war film based on the true story of Japanese-American Marine Guy Gabaldon, who singlehandedly captured over one thousand enemy soldiers during the Battle of Saipan in World War II. The film depicts Gabaldon's journey from his troubled childhood in a Japanese internment camp in California to his valor in the war.

A documentary film about the internment of Japanese Americans at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during World War II. The program, hosted by Jan Yanehiro, proceeds in part as a series of interviews. It also includes archival film footage of Heart Mountain and Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as present day footage of the Heart Mountain landscape.

Short film about the Manzanar Japanese American internment camp. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

Music provided relief during the years of the Japanese American internment throughout WWII. Mary Nomura performed in Manzanar for the three years of her incarceration, and she became known as the "Songbird of Manzanar." In this film, Mary shares old field recordings of her musical performances in Manzanar, believed to be the only surviving field recordings of music from Japanese American internment. In the conclusion of the film, Mary honors her nickname and sings one of her favorite jazz standards by George Gershwin.

Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray is a documentary that explores the life and work of Toyo Miyatake, a Japanese-American photographer known for his iconic images of the Japanese internment camps during World War II. The film delves into Miyatake's experiences in the camps, his use of photography as a means of resistance and activism, and his lasting impact on Japanese-American art and culture.