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Fact Sheet:
A Most Unlikely Hero
a film by Steve Okino
SYNOPSIS
Heroism, as Bruce Yamashita showed, isn't limited to the battlefield. Bruce just wanted to serve his country as a Marine Corps officer. Because of his race and ethnicity, he was denied the chance. Instead of giving up, he waged a lonely, five-year battle against discrimination in the Marine Corps, uncovering evidence of widespread discrimination that rocked the Corps. By standing for equal opportunity, fairness, and justice -- fundamental principles of democracy -- he served patriotism's highest calling, challenged the nation's powerful institutions, and emerged a most unlikely hero.
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GENRE/LENGTH
Documentary, 56:46
LOCATIONS
Honolulu, Hawaii; U.S. Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, Quantico, VA; Washington, D.C.; San Francisco, CA.
FEATURED PARTICIPANTS
James Dannemiller, President, SMS Research, Honolulu
Carole Hayashino; San Francisco State University, former national official, Japanese American Citizens League
Clayton Ikei; attorney, co-counsel for Bruce Yamashita
Ernie Kimoto; Major, U.S. Marine Corps (retired), co-counsel for Bruce Yamashita
Bill Kaneko; attorney, former president, Honolulu Chapter, Japanese American Citizens League
Dale Minami; partner, Minami, Lew and Tamaki in San Francisco, counsel in Korematsu v. U.S. and other noted civil rights cases, co-founder of the Asian Law Caucus.
Karen Narasaki; executive director, National Asian Pacific Legal Consortium, former Washington, D.C. representative for JACL
Frederick Pang, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Stanley Sue, professor, University of California-Davis, national pioneer in mental health issues involving minorities.
FORMAT
Digital and analog video
PRIMARY CREDITS
Producer/Director - Steve Okino
Editors - Lisa Altieri, Steve Okino
Associate Producer - John Wythe White
Cinematography - Cliff Watson, Lisa Altieri, Scott Eisenhuth, Don Lennox, David Moragne, Phil Giriodi, Steve Okino
Narrator - Loretta Ables Sayre
(Full list of program credits)
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PRESENTED BY
PBS Hawaii
DISTRIBUTED BY
American Public Television website
EDUCATIONAL DISTRIBUTION BY
Filmakers Library website
124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-808-4980, Fax: 212-808-4983, e-mail: info@filmakers.com
WEBSITE
www.unlikelyhero.org
SPONSOR
Matsunaga Charitable Foundation. The Foundation was established to ensure the continuation of the wide range of philanthropic and community interests of Sen. Spark Matsunaga. It is a tax-exempt charitable foundation, headquarted in Honolulu, Hawaii.
FUNDING
Ernest T. Urata Trust; Legal/Education Fund, Honolulu Japanese American Citizens League; Hawaii Community Foundation; Hawaii Council for the Humanities; The Yip Harburg Foundation; Hawaii Government Employees Association and dozens of other concerned individuals and organizations.
(Complete list of funders)
CONTACT
Steve Okino, producer@unlikelyhero.org
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