{"id":8414,"date":"2018-02-11T20:04:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T01:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=8414"},"modified":"2018-02-11T22:33:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T03:33:17","slug":"free-film-screening-discussion-day-remembrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=8414","title":{"rendered":"Free Film Screening and Discussion for Day of Remembrance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Families and staff are invited to participate in an afternoon of learning, compliments of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History. On Sunday, February 18 at 2 p.m. the museum will host a free screening<\/a> of the film “Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight For Justice.”<\/p>\n

The screening is in observance of the Day of Remembrance, which marks President Franklin D. Roosevelt\u2019s 1942 signing of Executive Order 9066 and subsequent incarceration of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The documentary film features Japanese American lawyer Minoru Yasui, who challenged the legality of the Executive Order, and is an in-depth study of civil rights and the Constitution. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the producer and co-director, Holly Yasui, Minoru Yasui’s daughter, along with Zainab Chaudary\u00a0of ReThink Media and Director\u00a0Doron Ezickson\u00a0of the DC Regional Anti-Defamation League. The discussion will be moderated by\u00a0Professor Phil Tajitsu Nash\u00a0of the University of Maryland College Park.<\/p>\n

The film is being presented in conjunction with the museum\u2019s exhibition “Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II.\u201d After the screening and discussion, attendees can explore objects out of storage, engage in hands-on learning opportunities developed by the museum and visit the exhibition on the museum\u2019s second floor.<\/p>\n

The screening will be held in the S.C. Johnson Conference Center, 1 West in the\u00a0National Museum of American History<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW. Admission is free.\u00a0Requests for accessibility services can be made by phone at 202-633-3150, or email: nmahprograms@si.edu<\/a>. Two-weeks\u2019 prior notice is preferred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Enjoy an afternoon of learning, compliments of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History. On February 18 the museum will host a free screening of the film “Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight For Justice,” in conjunction with the museum\u2019s exhibition, “Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II,\u201d in observance of the Day of Remembrance.<\/p>\n

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