One Book, One Coast: Farewell to Manzanar

Calendar Date:
Friday, May 15, 2026 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm

manzanar war relocation camp photo
In conjunction with the "One Book, One Coast" collaborative program

Learn about the personal experience of the Japanese internment camps at this free screening of the film Farewell to Manzanar, based on the memoir by Jeanne Wakatsuki.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, seven-year-old Jeanne Wakatsuki, her family and 11,000 other Americans of Japanese descent and their immigrant parents are imprisoned in the internment camp Manzanar in California.

Starring Yuki Shimoda, Nobu McCarthy, Clyde Kusatsu, Pat Morita, and James Saito. This film is not rated.

For high school through adult