Words, Weavings and Songs (DVD) artprint Bisected by Sawtelle Boulevard

Bisected by Sawtelle Boulevard

are our collective legacy to succeeding generations to ensure that such a travesty of justice never again befalls any other group of people in this country

only to be imprisoned as an outsider

and censored mail

Words, Weavings and Songs (DVD) artprint Bisected by Sawtelle BoulevardProduced and directed by John Esaki. Photographed and edited by Akira Boch. Music by David Iwataki. Wakako Yamauchi, Momo Nagano, and Mary Nomura were three innocent teenaged girlsAmerican citizens living in Los Angeles in 1942when they were sent to concentration camps in remote parts of the country. Behind guard towers and barbed wire their creative spirits remained undauntedtheir lives fortified by art, music and literature. Running time: 34 min.