Order 9066 chronicles the history of the WWII Japanese American Incarceration through vivid, first-person accounts of those who lived through it. The series explores how this shocking violation of American democracy came to pass, and its legacy in the present.
14 Available Episodes (14 Total)Average duration: 00:22:18
Jul 02, 2018
Chapter 8: Seeking Redress
00:34:49
Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War Two demand that the federal government take account of their suffering and make reparations.
Jun 25, 2018
Chapter 7: Leaving Camp
00:32:31
At the end of 1944, the U.S. government lifted the order barring people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast. Many people freed from camp faced racism and poverty as they tried to rebuild their lives. Some found that leaving camp was even harder than being sent there.
Jun 18, 2018
Childhood at Heart Mountain
00:15:05
Two men who were imprisoned at Heart Mountain as boys remember their time in camp and how the experience shaped them as adults.
Jun 11, 2018
Chapter 6: Resistance
00:36:22
The Japanese Americans who protested their incarceration and defied the pressure to prove their patriotism.
Jun 04, 2018
Objects of Incarceration
00:10:01
A handmade pin tells an improbable love story from camp.
May 28, 2018
Chapter 5: Fighting for Freedom
00:34:09
More than 33,000 Japanese American men and women served in World War II. They fought as soldiers in Europe, and as translators in the Pacific.
Apr 03, 2018
Chapter 4: Gaman - Making Do
00:29:40
It was a time to persevere in the face of the unendurable, and to do so with dignity. The Japanese term for that is Gaman.
Mar 26, 2018
Music on Heart Mountain
00:12:37
Kishi Bashi, the renowned alt-rock musician, has been improvising music in places connected to the Japanese American incarceration. That includes the top of Heart Mountain, in Wyoming. Hear Kishi Bashi climb the mountain and perform a song that is part of his "songfilm" project, Omoiyari.
Mar 19, 2018
Chapter 3: Prison Cities
00:25:44
In the first months of incarceration, Japanese Americans were hit with the humiliating conditions of camp life. The U.S. government denied that people of Japanese ancestry living in the "assembly centers" were prisoners, but the first summer in these camps proved otherwise.
Mar 12, 2018
Songs of Incarceration
00:17:15
Musicians Julian Saporiti and Erin Aoyama perform songs about the incarceration in a former barrack at Heart Mountain in Wyoming. With a special appearance from Kishi Bashi.
Jul 02 | 00:34:49
Chapter 8: Seeking Redress
Jun 25 | 00:32:31
Chapter 7: Leaving Camp
Jun 18 | 00:15:05
Childhood at Heart Mountain
Jun 11 | 00:36:22
Chapter 6: Resistance
Jun 04 | 00:10:01
Objects of Incarceration
May 28 | 00:34:09
Chapter 5: Fighting for Freedom
Apr 03 | 00:29:40
Chapter 4: Gaman - Making Do
Mar 26 | 00:12:37
Music on Heart Mountain
Mar 19 | 00:25:44
Chapter 3: Prison Cities
Mar 12 | 00:17:15
Songs of Incarceration
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