Before They Take Us Away

Synopsis

At the start of World War II, Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were faced with the threat of forced removal and incarceration in concentration camps. A small number took their fate in their own hands, fleeing to interior states, becoming refugees in their own country, on a forced migration into the unknown. Before They Take Us Away is the first feature documentary to chronicle the untold stories of the “self-evacuees” who spent the war years outside the camps, as they struggled to rebuild their lives and overcome poverty, isolation, hostility and racial violence.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Antonia Grace Glenn
Writing	Screenplay	Antonia Grace Glenn
Editing	Editor	Tim Becherer
Visual Effects	Animation	Leah Nichols
Sound	Music	Dave Iwataki
Production	Producer	Evelyn Nakano Glenn Patrick Glenn Antonia Grace Glenn Tim Becherer
Crew	Presenter	Evelyn Nakano Glenn
Department	Role	Name

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