A personal matter : Gordon Hirabayashi versus the United States / the National Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution; a film by John de Graaf with the Constitution Project.

Inspiring story of Gordon Hirabayashi's refusal to comply with the 1942 curfew and internment orders for Americans of Japanese ancestry. His opposition on the grounds that the orders violated his constitutional rights was eventually vindicated by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution (Sponsor)
Constitution Project (Georgetown Public Policy Institute) (Production company)
Center for Asian American Media (Film distributor)
Other Authors: De Graaf, John (Film producer, Screenwriter, Editor of moving image work)
Mandis, William (Screenwriter)
Wilmar, Diana (Cinematographer)
Bonney, Norman (Cinematographer) (Cinematographer)
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : Center for Asian American Media, [2015?]
Subjects:
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Hirabayashi, Gordon K. > Trials, litigation, etc.
Japanese Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Japanese Americans > Civil rights.
United States. > Constitution. > 5th Amendment.
Hirabayashi, Gordon K.
Constitution (United States)
Japanese Americans.
1942-1945
Trials, litigation, etc.
Genre:
Trials, litigation, etc.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (28 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Gordon Hirabayashi versus the United States
Gordon Hirabayashi vs. the United States
Format: Video DVD

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