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The history of Executive Order 9066, by which 120,000 Japanese Americans were interned in concentration camps during of WW2. The War Relocation Authority hired photographers to document the process, including Dorothea Lange. Many photos were impounded until 1972, after which they became part of a movement for Japanese Americans, which ultimately resulted in the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, approving reparations for survivors of the camps.

The film makes extensive use of Lange’s pictures, and film, with commentary from eye-witnesses and contemporary reports, showing the human impact of the Executive Order.

Find the film by searching YouTube’s Vox channel for “Why the US photographed its own WWII concentration camps".

15 questions for the 14-min film. Differentiated: both versions look similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Excellent subtitles: scripted, not auto-generated brainrot. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files. Excellent suggestions for further research in the film’s description. Link to film on all sheets.