USA | 17 MINUTES | English |

OUT OF INFAMY: MICHI NISHIURA WEGLYN

Out of Infamy is a portrait of the civil rights activist whose dynamic personality evolved—via incarceration during World War II in the Gila River, Arizona camp—from California-born farm girl to New York City sophisticate to the Rosa Parks of Japanese Americans.

CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Sharon Yamato, Nancy Kapitanoff, Sharon Yamato, and Nancy Kapitanoff

Sharon Yamato is a freelance writer and author of Moving Walls: Preserving the Barracks of America's Concentration Camps and Jive Bomber: A Sentimental Journey. Nancy Kapitanoff wrote, produced, and directed the short documentary The Comet Model News and is editor of the Web sites www.cometmodelnews.com and www.golfloops.com.

Director

Nancy Kapitanoff, Sharon Yamato

Screenwriter

Nancy Kapitanoff, Sharon Yamato

Editor

Warren Berkey, Walt Louie

Producer

Nancy Kapitanoff, Sharon Yamato

Composer

Dave Iwataki

Primary Cast

Sandra Oh

Sound Editor

Jon K. Oh

Shorts in Competition: Documentary

New York Premiere

OUT OF INFAMY: MICHI NISHIURA WEGLYN

CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Sharon Yamato, Nancy Kapitanoff, Sharon Yamato, and Nancy Kapitanoff