Manzanar, diverted : when water becomes dust / presented by InterSection Films ; in association with JustFilms / Ford Foundation ; co-production of Vision Maker Media and Center for Asian American Media ; director/producer, Ann Kaneko ; producer, Jin Yoo-Kim.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Kaneko, Ann, film director, film producer, editor of moving image work, cinematographer.

Yoo-Kim, Jin, film producer.

Kelleher, Susan, editor of moving image work.

Arai, Madlon Yamamoto, on-screen participant.

Embrey, Bruce, on-screen participant.

Goldston, Lori, composer (expression).

Fisk, Steve, composer (expression).

Miranda, Alexander, composer (expression).

Bright, Keith, on-screen participant.

Intersection Films (Firm), presenter, publisher.

Heyne Memorial Fund.

JustFilms (Firm), production company.

Vision Maker Media, production company.

Center for Asian American Media, production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America.

Japanese Americans.

Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.

Manzanar (Calif.).

Manzanar National Historic Site (Calif.).

Public television.

Television programs.

California--Manzanar.

California--Manzanar National Historic Site.

United States.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Internet videos.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (84 minutes)) : sound, color with black and white sequences.

Place of Publication:

[New York] : InterSection Films, LLC, [2021]

Language Note:

In English with English subtitles.

System Details:

digital

Summary:

An inspired and poetic portrait of a place and its people, MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST follows intergenerational women from three communities who defend their land, their history and their culture from the insatiable thirst of Los Angeles. In this fresh retelling of the LA water story, Native Americans, Japanese-American WWII incarcerees and environmentalists form an unexpected alliance to preserve Payahuunadü (Owens Valley), "the land of flowing water." Featuring breathtaking photography and immersive soundscapes, the film recounts more than 150 years of history, showing how this distant valley is inextricably tied to the city of Los Angeles. It reveals the forced removals of two peoples--the Nüümü (Paiute) and the Newe (Shoshone) who were marched out of the Valley in the 1860s by the US Army and the Japanese Americans who were brought here from their West Coast homes and incarcerated in a World War II concentration camp. Water lured outsiders in and continues to fuel the greed which has sucked this once lush place dry.

Participant:

Bruce Embrey, Keith Bright, Madlon Yamamoto Arai.

Credits:

Composer, Lori Goldston, Steve Fisk, Alexander Miranda ; editor, Ann Kaneko, Susan Metzger ; cinematography Ann Kaneko.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on January 26, 2023).

Originally broadcast on as an episode of POV on July 18, 2022.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Heyne Memorial Fund .

OCLC:

1336510205

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.