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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 41 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Denise Uyehara in 2001. |
| Summary |
Big Head revisits the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II and considers current-day treatment of those perceived as "the enemy now", including Muslim Americans, Arab Americans, and South Asian Americans. A work that has been in the making since early 2001, this poetic, interdisciplinary performance offers up letters from Rohwer Internment Camp in Arkansas, responds to recent hate crimes and imprisionments, and considers the coalition-building between these various communities during times of crisis.Through a non-linear montage of images, clay animation, movement, and text, Big Head evokes the mysteriously winding path of collective memory, and how we interpret our past to provide hope for the future. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Drama.
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American drama -- Women authors.
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Civil rights -- United States -- Drama.
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Civil rights.
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Japanese Americans.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Uyehara, Denise, 1966- film director.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1196541 Kanopy |
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