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On February 19, 1942 Executive Order 9066 changed the lives of over a hundred thousand Japanese Americans in the US, ordering "forced removal of resident enemy aliens." This is the story of shameful period in World War II-era American history through the eyes of one child taken to an internment camp, a 4-year-old George Takei and how it affected him and his family. Moab, Utah was also a backdrop to this dark time as it was the location of the Dalton Wells confinement camp, where the "troublemakers" from the west coast were sent. The Moab Music Festival shines a spotlight on this scandalous period with a new work it commissioned from Japanese American composer Kenji Bunch for chamber ensemble and narrator George Takei, based on Takei's speeches and recollections. This short Op Doc is about compassion, dignity and paranoia, and why hate and distrust are still prevalent today, nearly 80 years later, with the resurgence of anti-Asian American bias.

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