The Onyx and C.A.T.S. present And Then They Came for Us
Wednesday, August 5th @ 7:00pm
AND THEN THEY CAME FOR US is a cautionary and inspiring documentary for all societies, directed by Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider.
In 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, paving the way for the forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. The film educates audiences about the constitutional damage done in the name of national security due to war hysteria and racism.
Featuring actor George Takei and others who were incarcerated during WWII, rediscovered photos of Dorothea Lange and the story of Fred Korematsu’s long journey to justice brings history into the present, as it follows Japanese Americans speaking out against the Muslim travel ban (the film was produced in 2017 at the height of the Muslim “hysteria”).
Today, this film offers a current reexamination of the “immigrant hysteria.” A panel of internment camp survivors and descendants will talk with the audience afterwards on the current harassment and deportations of immigrants by ICE and other regressive immigration policies. The film represents an “eerie” undertone for the current times.
There will be a special panel discussion after the screening. Guests will be announced soon.
Tickets available HERE
Organizer
Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra
Phone
(530) 273-6362Website
http://catsweb.org/The Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra (CATS), a 501c(3) public benefits charitable corporation, promotes diversity through the arts through multicultural theater, events and workshops. CATS serves Nevada County, the greater Sacramento region, Yuba, Sutter, El Dorado, and Placer counties in northern California since 1994. It also boasts a loyal following from the San Francisco Bay Area.
