Through emotionally resonant short films, interactive websites rich with archival materials, and modular, standards-aligned lesson plans, these projects invite learners to explore complex facets of U.S. history with empathy and criticality. All elements—from audio descriptions and screen-reader compatibility to the open-source code—are designed for free and universal access, removing financial and design barriers so learning can happen anywhere, whether in a classroom or around a kitchen table. By coupling cinematic storytelling with rigorous pedagogy and radical accessibility, cinematic digital history projects transform how history is taught, remembered, and felt.
ENOUGH: A Film and Conversation on Redress
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Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by a panel discussion.
Enough weaves together two timelines and two young women united by purpose. Ashley, a biracial student frustrated by the erasure of racial justice in the present day, and Erika, a Japanese American teenager in 1981 whose father, a reserved attorney, is drawn into the landmark CWRIC reparations hearings for WWII incarceration survivors. As past and present converge, the film asks what it costs to stay silent, and what it takes to finally speak.
Followed by a panel discussion about real and imagined archives with the filmmakers of Enough and NCRR (Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress), the Los Angeles organization that fought at the center of the redress movement and continues that work today.
Full Spectrum Features’ latest short docudrama, Enough, will be featured at Chicago’s Day of Remembrance 2026, an annual gathering that marks the signing of Executive Order 9066 and honors the many generations shaped by Japanese American incarceration. Rooted in the decades-long history of the Japanese American Redress Movement—from the lead-up to the 1981 Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings through the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988—the film turns to community memory and testimony to ask what it takes to confront harm honestly and pursue repair over time.
Following the screening, a panel of community members and practitioners will reflect on how the legacies of Redress speak to present-day struggles around state violence, surveillance, and displacement. Panelists include Rebecca Ozaki (Yonsei, granddaughter of a CWRIC testifier), Mary Samson (Sansei, Redress organizer), Dr. Britt Dantley (family therapist and clinician), Brian Tee (director and actor), and Scott Sakiyama (attorney and anti-ICE advocate). Together, they will consider how practices of storytelling, accountability, and care can interrupt repeating patterns of removal and state violence—both within families and across communities.
The program invites attendees to think with the panel about what “enough” looks like when it comes to justice: How do we honor the labor of those who fought for Redress while recognizing what remains unfinished? How can we speak with urgency about current harms without losing sight of the slow work of healing across generations? A guided discussion will offer space for reflection, questions, and shared commitments to ongoing community care.
This program is free and open to the public. Due to limited seating, advanced registration is highly recommended.
On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the forced removal and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans—most of them U.S. citizens—into 10 concentration camps in desolate locations across the country. 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the rescinding of E.O. 9066, officially enacted by President Ford on February 19, 1976.
Working in partnership with the Short Films Branch of the Academy, this program offers a collection of animated, documentary and narrative works that explore what it’s like when your country questions you; how families endure; and how a community survives.
Japanese American Incarceration and the Teaching of Asian American History
This workshop will help teachers consider the requirements of the TEAACH (Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History) Act and will highlight Full Spectrum Features digital humanities projects.
Project team members Reina Higashitani (Film Director), Dr. Ashley Cheyemi McNeil (Education Director), Katherine Nagasawa (Educational Website Producer), Patrick Hall (Researcher), RJ Ramey (Web Developer) and Jason Matsumoto (Producer) in conversation with lead academic advisor Dr. Jasmine Alinder. Public reception to follow.
Talkback with Director Reina Higashitani
Talkback with Director Reina Higashitani
Film screening as part of a short film collection.
Director Reina Higashitani and Scholar Dr. Helen Cho in conversation about film creation, educational themes of Japanese American resettlement. Moderated by Full Spectrum's Director of Education, Dr. Ashley Cheyemi McNeil. Public reception to follow.