A panel of representatives of the National Coalition for Redress / Reparations San Diego chapter speak at the Commission on the Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians hearings in August 1981 at the State Building in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Roy Nakano)
RECKONING WITH REDRESS
An educational program (film, immersive game, and interactive learning platform) to engage with the Japanese American Redress Movement, which sought justice and reparations for those wrongfully incarcerated during World War II.
About RECKONING with redress
About the Project
Reckoning with Redress (RWR) is a cinematic digital history project that explores the history and legacies of the Japanese American Redress Movement. This Open Educational Resource includes a film (Enough), immersive game, and interactive learning website that explores the political organizing that occurred in the decades following the unjust incarceration of over 126,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II. RWR centers the testimonies of those who bravely spoke at the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings, with Enough featuring a commnity reenactment of the Chicago hearings held at Northeastern Illinois University in 1981.
The Foundation
RWR builds upon the foundations laid by its predecessors, The Orange Story (2017) and Resettlement: Chicago Story (2023), which both combine an original short historically-based film with an immersive learning website loaded with primary and secondary sources curated by leading scholars and educators. Our cinematic digital history projects are community-driven at every step of creation, from ideation, research, and story development to film production, learning curation, and distribution to the public.

As the final piece in this trilogy, RWR is a culmination of over eight years of dedicated effort and innovation, and the pinnacle of Full Spectrum Education's journey in developing the most accessible and engaging model for cinematic Open Educational Resources. By diverging from standard film and curriculum development norms, RWR  combines the best practices and standards from both fields by embracing innovative pedagogy and community-based storytelling.

RWR Pitch Deck

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Credits

FILM & WEBSITE PRODUCED BY

Full Spectrum Features NFP

FILM DIRECTED BY

Brian Tee

Screenplay By

Matt Bosack

Executive Producers

Jasmine Alinder, Jason Matsumoto, Eugene Sun Park, Brian Tee

Film Producer

Amy E. Powell

Documentary Writer & Producer

Lance Isamu Hori

Post-production Supervisor

Louisa Arseneau

Project Director

Ashley Cheyemi McNeil, PhD

Lead Academic Advisor & Content Curator

Jasmine Alinder, PhD · UC Santa Cruz

Principal Researcher & Web Producer

Clara Bergamini, PhD

UC SANTA CRUZ RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

Benyamin Alfaro, Julieta Castro, Jade Glentzer, Monnika Mattson, Skyla Tomine

ACADEMIC ADVISORS

Erin Aoyama, PhD · Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies, Oberlin College and Conservatory
Lisa Doi, PhD · Assistant Curator & Project Manager, Japanese American National Museum
Steven Harris · Dean of Libraries, Northeastern Illinois University 
Ashley Howdeshell · University Archivist, Northeastern Illinois University 
Katherine Nagasawa · Multimedia Journalist & Civic Media Practitioner 
Alice Yang, PhD · Professor of History, UC Santa Cruz

Website design & production

RJ Ramey · auut studio

Software Engineer

HyeSeung Lee

GAme Designer

Lien Tran, MFA · Matters at Play, DePaul University

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY GAME DESIGN ASSISTANTS

Sana Afreen, Bradley Estacio, Sam Evans-Golden, Kai Hakomori

Game Illustrator

Lydia Fu

Manager of Learning & Impact

Belquis Elhadi, PhD

PEDAGOGICAL ADVISOR & CURRICULUM DEVELOPER

Sarah Sheya, EdD · JusticexDesign

TEACHING ADVISOR & CURRICULUM DESIGNER

Stephanie Nishimoto-Lorenzo

CuRRICULUM ADVISORS

Ada Cheng, PhD · Educator & Storyteller
Britt Dantley, PhD, LMFT · Chief Operating Officer, Grace Therapy & Wellness
Ané Ebie-Mouton · Middle & High School Teacher, The Awty International School (TX)
Patrick Hall, PhD · Social Studies Teacher, Hazard High School (KY)
Jacquelyn Jarrell · Middle School English Teacher, Hawai’i Technology Academy (HI)
Joe Lorenzo, LLMFT · Therapist, Grace Therapy & Wellness
Jennifer Murray do Carmo · Social Studies Teacher, Kingswood Regional High School (NH)
Jeanne Shin-Cooper · Social Science Teacher, Buffalo Grove High School (IL)
Reyna Smith, LCSW · School Counselor, North Park Elementary School (IL)

Historical materials, props, and primary sources were collected through the help of the following individuals and organizations 

Jama Abdirahman ● Erin Aoyama and the Aoyama Family ● Robert Buscher ● Renae Campbell ● Lisa Doi ● June Erlick ● Beth Fuget ● Jamie Henricks ● Sasha Hohri ● Dana Hoshide ● Charlene Jefferson-Johnson ● Enoch Kanaya ● Brianna Loughlin ● Kathy Masaoka ● Douglas Misner ● Katherine Nagasawa ● Yoko Okunishi ● Danny Ortiz ● Rebecca Ozaki ● Jon Steever ● Alice Yang ● Janice Yen ● Bill Yoshino ● Campaign for Justice ● Crystal City Pilgrimage Committee ● CSU Dominguez Hills ● CSU Sacramento ● Densho ● Haymarket Books ● Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) ● JACL Chicago ● Japanese American National Museum ● Japanese American Services Committee Legacy Center ● Library of Congress ● National Japanese American Historical Society ● National Park Service ● Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR) ● Northeastern Illinois University ● NYU Press ● Pacific Citizen Archive ● Pro Bono Photo ● San Francisco State University ● Signal Corps / ReVista Archives ● Stanford University Press ● Tsuru for Solidarity ● Tule Lake National Monument Center ● Tuttle Publishing ● UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library ● UCLA Asian American Studies Center ● University of California Press ● University of Idaho’s Asian American Comparative Collection ● University of Illinois Press ● University of Washington ● University of Washington Press ● U.S. National Archives and Records Administration ● Utah State Historical Society ● Visual Communications

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