Day of Independence (2003)

Overview : Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Set in a relocation camp in the summer of 1943, this film chronicles the journey of an American family torn apart by a forced and unjust incarceration, a father's decision that challenges his son to find strength, and ultimately his son's triumph through courage, sacrifice and the All-American game of baseball.

Release Date : September 26, 2003

Runtime : 27m

Genre : Drama, Family, History  

Companies : Cedar Grove Productions

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : baseball, world war ii, east asian lead, japanese american, japanese american internment, nisei, short film