Day of Independence (2003)

Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Set in a relocation camp in the summer of 1943, this film chronicles the journey of an American family torn apart by a forced and unjust incarceration, a father's decision that challenges his son to find strength, and ultimately his son's triumph through courage, sacrifice and the All-American game of baseball.

Released Sept. 26, 2003 27 min None+

Genres: Drama, Family, History, Short

Keywords: tmdb.baseball, tmdb.world-war-ii, tmdb.east-asian-lead, tmdb.japanese-american, tmdb.nisei, tmdb.short-film, mdblist.imdb-short + 9 more, imdb.japanese-american-history, imdb.internment-camp, tmdb.japanese-american-internment, imdb.japanese-american, imdb.baseball, imdb.forced-relocation, imdb.1940s, soundmix.dolby-digital, aspectratio.1-85-1