Author: Jeanne Sakata
Narrator: Edward Asner, Brooke Ishibashi, Andre Sogliuzzo, Derek Mio, Greg Watanabe, Jeanne Sakata, Josh Stamberg, Joy Osmanski, Mike McShane, Paul Yen, Tess Lina
Unabridged: 2 hr 27 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 07/15/2021
Genre: Drama - American
A team of lawyers uses a little-known legal writ to fight and overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast. The play draws much inspiration from Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and his Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai (University of Washington Press 2015) and Justice Delayed by Peter Irons (Wesleyan University Press 1989).Includes a conversation with playwright Jeanne Sakata and four of the attorneys from the Korematsu v. United States case: Lori Bannai, Peter Irons, Dale Minami and Don Tamaki.For Us All is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in January 2021.Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergEdward Asner as John J. McCloyBrooke Ishibashi as Karen KorematsuTess Lina as Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, Times Analyst, ClerkMike McShane as Lt. General John L. DeWitt, CBS News Anchor, ABC News Anchor, NBC ReporterDerek Mio as Dale MinamiJoy Osmanski as Lorraine (Lori) Bannai, MayaJeanne Sakata as Aiko Herzig-YoshinagaAndre Sogliuzzo as Edward Ennis, Victor Stone, NY Times ReporterJosh Stamberg as Peter IronsGreg Watanabe as Fred Korematsu, Eric YamamotoPaul Yen as Don TamakiSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonPrepared for audio by Mark Holden and mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodRecording Engineer, Sound Designer, Editor: Neil WogensonSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinFoley Artist: Jeff Gardner
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