THE MANZANAR FISHING CLUB - SpotlightAsia!

84 min | NR
Shining a bright light on a dark corner of the American experience, THE MANZANAR FISHING CLUB is a documentary that chronicles the World War II internment of Japanese Americans from a unique perspective: through the eyes of those who defied the armed guards, barbed wire and searchlights to fish for trout in the surrounding waters of the Eastern Sierra. Seventy years later, this little known aspect of life at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in eastern California is being presented on the big screen, emphasizing personal stories to explore for the first time how the internees managed to survive captivity with their humanity intact.