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The Historical Museum hosted producer Marlene Shigekawa and her inspired documentary For the Sake of the Children at the University of Montana, Missoula. Afterwards, Marlene Shigekawa and Yukio Shimomur held a very interesting Q & A session.

For the Sake of the Children, a one-hour documentary film, is a multigenerational story of survival, struggle and transcendence beginning​ with mothers who raised children in America's concentration camps.

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which authorized the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans in desolate camps throughout the U.S. This documentary film tells the poignant stories of three generations of Japanese Americans, whose families were incarcerated during World War II, and the long-term impact of the incarceration experience on them as descendants. This film reveals the fallout of injustice. Film Screenings and Panel Discussions are now taking place to examine Executive Order 9066 and Executive Orders today as we strive to preserve our freedom, our democracy and our humanity.

Now, 75 years after World War II, For the Sake of the Children, explores the legacy of the Japanese American incarceration, its impact on current generations, who are descendants of ​those imprisoned, and the complex interplay of culture, racial prejudice, history, and intergenerational differences. It is rich with interviews with mothers who gave birth and raised children while incarcerated and three generations of descendants.

For the Sake of the Children follows the journeys of a variety of Japanese Americans from different generations searching for their identity as Americans with a unique Japanese American heritage. These individuals reflect a cross-section of society such as artists, politicians, preservationists, journalists, activists and young students. Notable individuals include: Former U.S. Congressman and Secretary of Transportation, Norm Mineta; and actor, George Takei.​ Many of these stories have, until now, never been told.

To learn more visit: https://www.forthesakeofchildren.org/

Thank you, Marlene Shigekawa and Yukio Shimomur