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1) Ballad of Yachiyo

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Gotanda, Philip Kan

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In the early 1900s, an ethnic Japanese family struggles with racism while working on a Hawaiian sugar plantation. Meanwhile, the family's young daughter begins to explore her sexuality.

2) Sisters Matsumoto

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Gotanda, Philip Kan

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Stockton, California 1945. Three Japanese-American sisters return to their farm after years in an internment camp, but the once prosperous family finds it's not easy to pick up the pieces of their former lives. As the details of their deceased father's final arrangements emerge, the sisters must work together to keep their dreams alive. Sponsored in part by California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library. Includes a conversation...

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Philip Kan Gotanda

1) Ballad of Yachiyo

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