Before They Take Us Away (1970)

Overview : At the start of World War II, Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were faced with the threat of forced removal and incarceration in concentration camps. A small number took their fate in their own hands, fleeing to interior states, becoming refugees in their own country, on a forced migration into the unknown. Before They Take Us Away is the first feature documentary to chronicle the untold stories of the “self-evacuees” who spent the war years outside the camps, as they struggled to rebuild their lives and overcome poverty, isolation, hostility and racial violence.

Release Date : January 1, 1970

Runtime : 82m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Unwashed Masses Productions

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : world war ii, japanese american internment, history, japanese internment, documentary film