Days of Waiting (1990) is a documentary short film by Steven Okazaki, about Estelle Ishigo, a Caucasian artist who went voluntarily to an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. The film was inspired by Ishigo's book, "Lone Heart Mountain", and won an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject and a Peabody Award.
Synopsis
Le film est consacré à Estelle Ishigo (1899-1990), une artiste qui est allée volontairement dans un camp d'internement pour japonais lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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