Of Civil Wrongs and Rights
The Fred Korematsu Story
2000
1h 0m
Documentary
Overview
Eric Paul Fournier's Emmy Award-winning film chronicles the remarkable life of Japanese-American Fred Korematsu, who was stripped of his rights and sent to an internment camp in 1942. For the next 39 years, Korematsu -- an ordinary shipyard worker -- fought against Executive Order 9066. Taking his relentless quest for civil rights all the way to the Supreme Court, he was eventually awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998.
Director
Eric Paul Fournier
Top Cast
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Fred Korematsu
Self (archive footage)
Rosa Parks
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)