Mouchette Films UNFINISHED BUSINESS a film about The Japanese American Internment Cases A one-hour documentary film produced by Steven Okazaki for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting through Mouchette Films/National Asian American Telecommunica~ tions Association (non-profit sponsor) cfor national PBS broadcast in 1985 and public screenings in 1984. Associate Producer, Jane Kaihatsu; Consultant, Roger Daniels; Key Advisors, Dennis Hayashi, Carole Hayashino. In the Spring of 1942, over 110,000 men, women and children, the majority of whom were American citizens of Japanese ancestry, were abruptly and forcibly evicted from their homes on the West Coast and placed in wartime internment camps surrounded by barbed wire, watchtowers and armed guards. No charges were ever filed. No he~rings were ever held. Yet, they were imprisoned _ for more than three years. UNFINISHED BUSINESS tells the moving story of three men--Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayshi and Minoru Yasui--who raised. their voices against this tragic injustice, and were convicted and imprisoned for challenging the United States government. The film takes an intimate look at theit ·lives and motivations behind their actions. It also examines both the facts and emotions behind the internment through insightful commentary by historians Roger Daniels and Peter Irons, and first-hand accounts of Japanese Americans. UNFINISHED BUSINESS also reveals the present-day efforts of the three men , supported ~-y a team of young at ~or n e y s _ and the, . J a pa n.e.s e .. American communitf; to reopen their 40 year-old cases and overturn their convictions. "Only now when people can openly talk and relate their feelings about how their survived this ordeal, did I begin to understand what a serious and deep effect the camp experience had on the Japanese Americans. I think these cases are symbolic of the type of resistance people really felt in _their hearts." --Dale Minami, Coram Nobis Team 346 Ninth Street. Second Floor, San Francisco, California 94103 Telephone: ( 415) 861-0695 .