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In the spring of 1942, Japanese Americans in Seattle were uprooted from their homes and incarcerated first at “Camp Harmony” at the Western Washington Fairgrounds in Puyallup and then in Minidoka, Idaho. As a young Caucasian child, and son of the pastor of the Seattle Japanese Baptist Church, Brooks Andrews had a unique perspective on this horrific event. My Friends Behind Barbed Wire reflects on the role Brooks’ father played as he moved his family from Seattle to Minidoka.

To order a DVD copy of the film, please contact Stourwater Pictures. (Total running time: 8 minutes 59 seconds)