Baseball as resistance: when inmates turned guards into teammates.
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, all persons of Japanese descent in Canada were sent to internment camps. The former Asahi members survived by playing ball. Their passion was contagious and soon other players joined in, among them RCMP officials and local townspeople. As a result, the games helped break down racial and cultural barriers.
Production
Rare archival footage of camp life, hauntingly beautiful.
Writing
Robert Ito's narration—dignified, never preachy, devastating.
Direction
Osborne lets elders speak; no sensationalism needed.
Director
Jari Osborne
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