Day of Independence

Day of Independence

2003
⏱️ 27 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DramaFamilyHistory
Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Set in a relocation camp in the summer of 1943, this film chronicles the journey of an American family torn apart by a forced and unjust incarceration, a father's decision that challenges his son to find strength, and ultimately his son's triumph through courage, sacrifice and the All-American game of baseball.

Crew

Director
Chris Tashima
Producer
Lisa Onodera, Tim Toyama, Chris Donahue

Production

Cedar Grove Productions

Keywords

baseballworld war iieast asian leadjapanese americanjapanese american internmentniseishort film