Family Gathering

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Family Gathering
Directed byLise Yasui
Distributed by New Day Films
Release date
  • March 5, 1988 (1988-03-05)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Family Gathering is a 1988 American short documentary film by Lise Yasui, exploring three generations of her Japanese-American family, from their immigration to Oregon in the early 20th century through their imprisonment in internment camps during World War II. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [1]

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  1. "The 61st Academy Awards (1989) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 20, 2014.