Photos courtesy of Kimberly Mayo
We are actively working to preserve the physical artifacts as well as the stories and memories of life in one of America's concentration camps located at Poston, Arizona. It was named "Poston" or the "Colorado River Relocation Center", located on the Colorado River Indian Reservation during World War II. The Poston Community Alliance is a 501(c)(3)non-profit group.
5/31/14
5/22/14
Passages From Poston
EXHIBIT: "Passages from Poston:
Contemporary photographs of a former Japanese American Confinement site." Photographs by Ira Nowinski.
SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2014 RECEPTION
Screening of the documentary film,
Passing Poston
Panel discussion with question/answer
session with:
- Ira Nowinski (photographer)
- Joe Fox (Director/Producer of Passing
Poston)
- Mas Hashimoto (retired high school educator and lived at Poston 220-12-A)
- Ruth Okimoto (lived at Poston 327-4-C, featured in Passing Poston, and author of Sharing A
Desert Home).
LOCATION:
Military
Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center
Building # 640
640 Mason Street
Presidio San Francisco, CA 94129
SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2014
SCHEDULE
1:00-2:00 pm - Light
refreshments reception.
2:00-4:00 pm - Film screening, Passing
Poston (106 minutes) documentary with 10 minute intermission
4:00-4:45 pm - Panel
Discussion with Question & Answer
To watch a trailer of the documentary film, Passing Poston, click here:Trailer of the documentary film, Passing Poston
For
more information, click here:Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center
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