"Removed by Force" Free Film Screening
"Removed by Force" Free Film Screening
This event is a part of Honouliuli National Historic Site's 10th Anniversary Celebration.
Local Hawaiʻi resident and Director Ryan Kawamoto has created multiple documentaries about internment and incarceration in Hawaiʻi with his production company Kinetic Productions. "Removed by Force" originally aired on PBS Hawai'ʻi and highlighted the unique experience of the 1,500 Japanese Americans in Hawai'i that were evicted, but not interned, during WWII. Thanks to Pacific Historic Parks, the community will be able to watch the one hour film for free at the Doris Duke Theater at the Honolulu Museum of Art. This special film screening will be followed by a discussion of Honouliuli and Hawaii's internment experience with panel members, including Ryan Kawamoto himself, Carole Hayashino, the former President/Executive Director of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i, and William Kaneko, the former past chapter President of the Honolulu Japanese American Citizens League.