Sam

Duration: 0:21:00

Creator: Margaret Bach | U of Calif Extension Media Center

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 10Mar72 · MP23353 (Jul-Dec 1972) Copyright holder: Margaret Lesser Bach

Description: Treats the themes of culture and class by focusing on a Japanese-American who is stereotyped by his employers and whose life style is now apparently content, but tinged with sadness. Interviews Sam's employers in the white suburbs of Los Angeles, who have a real affection for their gardener, but know little about the man or his past. Shows Sam singing a Japanese chant and recounting his painful World War II experiences: his induction into the U.S. Army prior to Pearl Harbor; his detention due to his Japanese heritage; his protest of the treatment, court martial, and subsequent imprisonment of five years hard labor. Presents Sam's wife who tells of his early ambitions to be a singer and her own experiences in Hiroshima the day the atomic bomb was dropped.

Complete Record: , Treats the themes of culture and class by focusing on a Japanese-American who is stereotyped by his employers and whose life style is now apparently content, but tinged with sadness. Interviews Sam's employers in the white suburbs of Los Angeles, who have a real affection for their gardener, but know little about the man or his past. Shows Sam singing a Japanese chant and recounting his painful World War II experiences: his induction into the U.S. Army prior to Pearl Harbor; his detention due to his Japanese heritage; his protest of the treatment, court martial, and subsequent imprisonment of five years hard labor. Presents Sam's wife who tells of his early ambitions to be a singer and her own experiences in Hiroshima the day the atomic bomb was dropped., Treats the themes of culture and class by focusing on a Japanese-American who is stereotyped by his employers and whose life style is now apparently content, but tinged with sadness. Interviews Sam's employers in the white suburbs of Los Angeles, who have a real affection for their gardener, but know little about the man or his past. Shows Sam singing a Japanese chant and recounting his painful World War II experiences: his induction into the U.S. Army prior to Pearl Harbor; his detention due to his Japanese heritage; his protest of the treatment, court martial, and subsequent imprisonment of five years hard labor. Presents Sam's wife who tells of his early ambitions to be a singer and her own experiences in Hiroshima the day the atomic bomb was dropped.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.