Diversity Film Series launches season with films about Japanese American internment
About 75 people turned out at The Edmonds Theater Saturday, Oct. 20 for the kickoff of the 2018-19 Edmonds Diversity Commission Film Series, which featured two Stourwater Films – Honor and Sacrifice and Proof of Loyalty: Kazuo Yamane and the Nisei Soldiers of Hawaii.
Both films track the wartime contributions of two American heroes, Roy Matsumoto and Kazuo Yamane. They also illuminate the internment of tens of thousands of Japanese American citizens along the West Coast during World War II. (read more)