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Run Time: 1h 30m.

IMDb: 7.4 / 10.

Genre: biography movies | animation movies | documentary movies

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Story: A documentary film about acclaimed filmmaker Jimmy T. Murakami and his emotional return to Tule Lake concentration camp in America.

Jimmy T. Murakami is a world-renowned Oscar nominated animator whose credits include When the Wind Blows and The Snowman but there is one dark chapter in his life that he has not revealed until recently. During WW2, Japanese-American citizens like Jimmy and his family were evacuated to a concentration camp in the California desert. This film takes you on an extraordinary journey with Jimmy, from his adopted country Ireland, through his Hollywood career, climaxing with his return to camp to confront his childhood and his still present anger with the American government that put him there.

Irish-based animator Jimmy T. Murakamis credits as director include When the Wind Blows and The Snowman. He has received accolades (Oscar nominations and doctorates) across the world but there is one dark chapter in his life that he has never revealed until recently, during the making of this film. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbour during World War 2, Japanese-American citizens like Jimmy (then eight years old) and his family were evacuated to a concentration camp called Tule Lake in the California desert, built specifically for this purpose. On the farcical basis that they were a threat to national security, Jimmy and his family, along with many thousands of other internees, were imprisoned for four years in the camp where they suffered many deprivations and where his young sister Sumiko died of leukemia. Jimmy, now in early retirement, decided to excavate this period of his life by creating a series of stunning paintings that illuminate his recollection of the evacuation of his family and life in a concentration camp as a young child.

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