Manzanar Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust

Program Type:

Featured, Miss Breed, Citizenship and Immigration, Community Engagement, Films

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

This film depicts a fresh interpretation of the Japanese American concentration camp by examining the political history and environmental justice issues behind it — the takeover of Native lands by white settlers and the struggle for water and power.

It expands the story of Manzanar to reveal how water is at the heart of the experiences of Japanese Americans, Native Americans, farmers and ranchers, who confronted the U.S. Army and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for control of the land. Co-presented with the 2021 San Diego Asian Film Festival.

Followed by special panel discussion between director Ann Kaneko and Environmental and Indigenous Studies Scholar Heather Daly, moderated by UCSD Muir College Provost K. Wayne Yang.

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Shubbak is part of the program series The Rebellious Miss Breed: San Diego Public Library and the Japanese American Incarceration. This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a partner of the NEH. Visit calhum.org.

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