A Matter of Truth
Directed by Steve Nagano
Description
The government’s propaganda film on the evacuation of Japanese Americans to America’s concentration camps is juxtaposed against the testimonies of incarcerees given at the 1981 Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. The film raises the questions of “Who do you believe?” and “What is the truth?” and should serve as an example of how the U.S. government through euphemisms, distortions and alternative facts attempts to give the wrong impression to its citizenry about the illegal roundup, forced removal, and inhumane incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Director's Bio
Steve, a long-time community activist, has produced 6 films for Digital Histories which include several on America’s concentration camps.
Credits
Director: Steve Nagano
Producer: Steve Nagano
Plays in
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Digital Histories 2017: Past Informs the Future
Shorts Programs / 60 mins
The stories from the past, help inform the future. The Digital Histories program engages the passion of our elders to tell their stories and learn the craft of filmmaking. This year the Digital Histories filmmakers not only told their stories through the documentary form but as well as experimental and narrative shorts. - Gary GabisanPreceded by: A Step Forward
In This Program: Stop And Smell The Roses, A Matter of Truth, In Plain Sight, Returning to Heart Mountain, With a Little Help From My Friend, Wasteful, Inside Nihon Buyo, Tiffany – The Art of Coming Out, My Chinese Southern Roots – Before Lynwood, Our Torrance Farm – Life Before Lynwood
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