Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story


60m 2000

Brief Synopsis

Fred Korematsu was Japanese-American born, raised in California, and was very much your average American. He had a girlfriend. He had just gotten a convertible. He was working as a welder. He had no political background--no sort of political ideals--but when the government asked him, or rather told

Film Details

Also Known As
Of Civil Wrongs & Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story, Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematzu Story
Genre
Documentary
Political
Release Date
2000

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Synopsis

Fred Korematsu was Japanese-American born, raised in California, and was very much your average American. He had a girlfriend. He had just gotten a convertible. He was working as a welder. He had no political background--no sort of political ideals--but when the government asked him, or rather told him, that he must report to an internment camp, he just intrinsically knew it was wrong. One of a small number of Japanese Americans to resist the internment during World War II, Korematsu simply saw no reason why he should accept the suspension of his basic constitutional rights. Aided at first by a lone American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawyer, Earnest Besig, Korematsu appealed his felony conviction for resisting the internment order all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, which, in 1944, accepted the government's claim of military necessity and affirmed Korematsu's conviction. Korematsu lost his case but never his resolve.

Film Details

Also Known As
Of Civil Wrongs & Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story, Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematzu Story
Genre
Documentary
Political
Release Date
2000

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2000

Released in United States June 2000

Released in United States on Video March 27, 2007

Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 6-11, 2000.

Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 2000.

Broadcast in USA over PBS on "POV" series July 11, 2001.

Released in United States 2000

Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 2000.)

Released in United States June 2000 (Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 6-11, 2000.)

Released in United States on Video March 27, 2007