Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Robert A. Nakamura

Little Tokyo and Manzanar photographer

Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray
(2001) by Robert A. Nakamura tells the story of a Los Angeles photographer who was sent to the Manzanar concentration camp. The filmmakers show Miyatake's documentation of the Little Tokyo community before World War Two and his Manzanar pictures in a valuable 30 minute tribute.
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