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Minoru: Memory of Exile
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Minoru: Memory of Exile

directed by Michael Fukushima, fl. 1984-2017; produced by William Pettigrew, National Film Board of Canada (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1992), 19 mins
The bombing of the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, by a nation he knew only by name, thrust nine-year-old Minoru Fukushima into a world of racism so malevolent he would be forced to leave Canada, the land of his birth. Like thousands of other Japanese Canadians, Minoru and his family were branded as an enemy...
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Minoru: Memory of Exile

directed by Michael Fukushima, fl. 1984-2017; produced by William Pettigrew, National Film Board of Canada (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1992), 19 mins
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The bombing of the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, by a nation he knew only by name, thrust nine-year-old Minoru Fukushima into a world of racism so malevolent he would be forced to leave Canada, the land of his birth. Like thousands of other Japanese Canadians, Minoru and his family were branded as an enemy of Canada, dispatched to internment camps in the interior of British Columbia, and finally deported to Japan. Directed by Michael Fukus... The bombing of the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, by a nation he knew only by name, thrust nine-year-old Minoru Fukushima into a world of racism so malevolent he would be forced to leave Canada, the land of his birth. Like thousands of other Japanese Canadians, Minoru and his family were branded as an enemy of Canada, dispatched to internment camps in the interior of British Columbia, and finally deported to Japan. Directed by Michael Fukushima, Minoru's son, the film artfully combines classical animation with archival material. The memories of the father are interspersed with the voice of the son, weaving a tale of suffering and survival, of a birthright lost and recovered. Show more Show less
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Animation, Documentary
Contributor
William Pettigrew, National Film Board of Canada, Minoru Fukushima
Author / Creator
Michael Fukushima, fl. 1984-2017
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Speaker / Narrator
Minoru Fukushima
Topic / Theme
Internment camps, Racism, Deportation, Japanese Canadian Internment, 1942-1949, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, War and Violence, Humanities
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Copyright © 1992 by the National Film Board of Canada
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I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors
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I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors

directed by Ann Marie Fleming, fl. 1987-2011; produced by Michael Fukushima, fl. 1984-2017 and Gerry Flahive, fl. 1981-2017, National Film Board of Canada (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2010), 15 mins
'The Holocaust is a drug...' I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors is director Ann Marie Fleming’s animated adaptation of Bernice Eisenstein’s acclaimed illustrated memoir. Through an artful blend of Eisenstein’s drawings, inventive animation and the author’s own voice, the film weaves together personal an...
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I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors

directed by Ann Marie Fleming, fl. 1987-2011; produced by Michael Fukushima, fl. 1984-2017 and Gerry Flahive, fl. 1981-2017, National Film Board of Canada (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2010), 15 mins
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'The Holocaust is a drug...' I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors is director Ann Marie Fleming’s animated adaptation of Bernice Eisenstein’s acclaimed illustrated memoir. Through an artful blend of Eisenstein’s drawings, inventive animation and the author’s own voice, the film weaves together personal and global history. Eisenstein explores her own identity from a past that her parents, both Auschwitz survivors, don’t especially want... 'The Holocaust is a drug...' I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors is director Ann Marie Fleming’s animated adaptation of Bernice Eisenstein’s acclaimed illustrated memoir. Through an artful blend of Eisenstein’s drawings, inventive animation and the author’s own voice, the film weaves together personal and global history. Eisenstein explores her own identity from a past that her parents, both Auschwitz survivors, don’t especially want to talk about. Using the healing power of humour, the film probes the taboos around a very particular second-hand trauma, leading us to a more universal understanding of human experience. The film explores identity and loss through the audacious proposition that the Holocaust is addictive and defining. I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors shakes up perspectives and conveys to a new generation the continuing legacy of the Second World War, which seared the word 'genocide' into our collective consciousness. This is a poignant and wry exploration of grief, love, acceptance and resilience, through the enduring quality of family bonds. Show more Show less
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Animation, Documentary
Contributor
Michael Fukushima, fl. 1984-2017, Gerry Flahive, fl. 1981-2017, National Film Board of Canada, Bernice Eisenstein
Author / Creator
Ann Marie Fleming, fl. 1987-2011
Date Published / Released
2010-09-10
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Speaker / Narrator
Bernice Eisenstein
Topic / Theme
Family affection, Parent-child relations, Holocaust, 1939-1945, Family and Culture, War and Violence, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 by the National Film Board of Canada
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