Stand Up For Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story (2004) is an educational narrative short film, co-produced by Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR) and Visual Communications (VC).[1]
In 1941, Ralph Lazo is a 16-year-old student at Belmont High School, an ethnically mixed school in downtown Los Angeles. When Pearl Harbor is bombed, Ralph's Japanese American friend, Jimmy Matsuoka, and his family are forced to sell their belongings and evacuate to a remote concentration camp. Ralph surprises his friends at the train station as they are about to depart for Manzanar, a relocation center in central California. He joins them for the 5-hour train ride, the three-year stay, and a lifelong friendship.
stand, justice, ralph, lazo, story, stand, justice, ralph, lazo, story, 2004, educational, narrative, short, film, produced, nikkei, civil, rights, redress, ncrr, visual, communications, directed, byjohn, esakiwritten, byjohn, esakiproduced, byamy, katostarrin. Stand Up For Justice The Ralph Lazo Story 2004 is an educational narrative short film co produced by Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress NCRR and Visual Communications VC 1 Stand Up for Justice The Ralph Lazo StoryDirected byJohn EsakiWritten byJohn EsakiProduced byAmy E KatoStarringAlexis Cruz Chad Sakamoto Brittany Ishibashi Marcus TojiCinematographyDean HayasakaEdited byGail YasunagaMusic byDave Iwataki QuetzalProductioncompanyVisual Communications VC Release date2004 2004 Running time33 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Background 2 Plot 3 Cast 4 References 5 External linksBackground EditWhen 120 000 Japanese Americans were forcibly evacuated from the West Coast of the United States during World War II Ralph Lazo a 16 year old of Mexican American and Irish American descent from Downtown Los Angeles followed his Japanese American friends neighbors and classmates in to the Manzanar Japanese American internment camp 2 He remained in the U S internment camp until 1944 when he was drafted in to the army 3 and served in the Pacific theater 4 Not many beyond the Japanese American community knew of his story inspiring Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress NCRR to partner with Visual Communications to create an educational film to teach his cross cultural story in the classroom 5 Funded by grants from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program 1 6 the half hour drama was shot at the Manzanar National Historic Site and in Los Angeles and completed in 2004 Plot EditIn 1941 Ralph Lazo is a 16 year old student at Belmont High School an ethnically mixed school in downtown Los Angeles When Pearl Harbor is bombed Ralph s Japanese American friend Jimmy Matsuoka and his family are forced to sell their belongings and evacuate to a remote concentration camp Ralph surprises his friends at the train station as they are about to depart for Manzanar a relocation center in central California He joins them for the 5 hour train ride the three year stay and a lifelong friendship Cast EditAlexis Cruz as Ralph Lazo Chad Sakamoto as Jimmy Brittany Ishibashi as Ruby Marcus Toji as Art Greg Hashimoto as Harry Emily Kuroda as Mrs Matsuoka Tim Toyama as Mr Matsuoka Ciro Suarez as Ralph s Father Sarah Rincon as Ralph s Sister Ron Martinez as Senior Ralph Takayo Fischer as Senior RubyReferences Edit a b Ralph Lazo A True Friend Archived 2007 04 16 at the Wayback Machine Stand Up for Justice The Story of Ralph Lazo Memories of Manzanar For some people Guavalog They said this day would never come Reading The Incarceration Years Archived 2009 10 02 at the Wayback Machine Stand Up for Justice The Ralph Lazo Story National Coalition for Civil Rights and Redress January 2004 Retrieved April 23 2007 California State Library CCLPEP Advisory CommitteeExternal links EditStand Up For Justice at IMDb Stand Up For Justice page on NCRR site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stand Up for Justice The Ralph Lazo Story amp oldid 1131762302, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
