Moving Walls: American Nightmare to American Dream on Dec 9th

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Moving Walls: American Nightmare to American Dream
Japanese American National Museum - Tateuchi Democracy Center
100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Saturday, December 9th, 2017
2:00 - 4:00PM

Join us for the LA premiere of Visual Communications fiscally sponsored film MOVING WALLS: AMERICAN NIGHTMARE TO AMERICAN DREAM, by Sharon Yamato. The documentary is about what became of the barracks built to house 11,000 Japanese Americans at Heart Mountain concentration camp.

Featuring interviews with former prisoners as well as people who live in the structures today. Q&A to follow with filmmaker Sharon Yamato and photojournalist Stan Honda, whose work is featured in the companion book, Moving Walls: Preserving the Barracks of America's Concentration Camps.

This program is free for Japanese American Museum members and Visual Communications members and included with general admission for non-members. 

Please purchase admission at the front desk prior to the event. 

RSVPs are strongly encouraged online through this online form.

Co-sponsored by Visual Communications and the Japanese American National Museum.