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Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story
 
Directed By: Eric Paul Fournier
Produced In: USA, 2001
Running Time: 50 minutes 
Genre: Documentary 
Language: English 
Themes: Racism, Japan
Distributor: NAATA Library *PLEASE NOTE: For this film ONLY - a fee may be required per screening to the distributor. Please contact the HRWIFFHSP program manager for more information: nedbalj@hrw.org
Synopsis:
Fred Korematsu was probably never more American than when he resisted, and then challenged in court, the forced internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Korematsu lost his landmark Supreme Court case in 1944, but never his indignation and resolve. Of Civil Wrongs and Rights is the untold history of the 40-year legal fight to vindicate Korematsu - one that finally turned a civil injustice into a civil rights victory.
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