Fumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol

Film

Fumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol

United States
Director
Lucy Ostrander
Year
2009

Fumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol is both a historical portrait of Fumiko, her family and the Bainbridge Island Japanese American community in the decades before World War II as well as a contemporary story which follows 97-year old Fumi and her daughter Natalie as they return to the site of the former Minidoka internment camp, their first trip back together in 63 years. The film reveals how the iconic photograph became the impetus for Fumiko to publicly lobby against the injustices of the past.

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Directed by

Lucy Ostrander

Written by

Lucy Ostrander

Produced by

Lucy Ostrander