Pilgrimage tells the inspiring story of how an abandoned WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans has been transformed into a symbol of retrospection and solidarity for people of all ages, races and nationalities in our post-9/11 world.

Pilgrimage reveals how the Japanese American community reclaimed a national experience that had almost been deleted from public understanding. The film shows how the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage now has new meaning for diverse generations who realize that when the U.S. government herded thousands of innocent Americans into what the government itself called concentration camps, it was failure of democracy that would affect all Americans.

Director: Tadashi Nakamura

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