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SEARCHLIGHT SERENADE: Big Band Music in the WWII Japanese American Incarceration Camps DVD
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After Japanâ€™s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were removed from their homes and forced to live in incarceration camps during World War II.Â As families and individuals endeavored to create a sense of normalcy during their incarceration, many detainees engaged in artistic and athletic activities and some nurtured their love of music, especially the popular music of the day â€“ swing.Â SEARCHLIGHT SERENADE offers the stories of 9 detainees â€“ big band trumpet players, saxophonists, singers â€“ who created a soulful escape for themselves and their fellow prisoners.Â Their accounts are accompanied by an evocative animation created from woodcuts and drawing by Northern California artist, Amy Uyeki.Â

Special DVD Feature:

SEARCHLIGHT SERENADE: An Animated Tale Told in Song

Credits:

Produced by: Claire Reynolds
Associate Producer: Amy Uyeki
Edited by: Sam Greene & Claire Reynolds
Animation: Created by Amy Uyeki
Redwood Empire Public Television, Inc.

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