Life Interrupted: Reunion & Remembrance In Arkansas (DVD)*

In September 2004, more than 1,300 people embarked on a transformative journey to Little Rock, Arkansas. Former internees and their families, students and educators gathered to examine and reflect upon the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. This DVD features the stories, history and emotions of a community forged in the remote Arkansas swamps more than 60 years ago. CONTENTS: Little Rock School TourArkansas students candidly discuss what they learned from studying the Japanese American incarceration and how the experience is connected to their own lives.  Arkansas’ Forgotten: Japanese American Internment CampsA documentary produced by middle school students from Horace Mann Arts and Science Magnet School EAST Lab in Little Rock, interweaving interviews with former Rohwer and Jerome inmates and home movies shot in the camps. Lasting Beauty: High School MuralistsInspired by the images and objects depicting the Japanese American incarceration experience, high school