Visual Memories: Internment Survivors and Art Therapy is a documentary following six individuals who had been sent to internment camps during World War II and what they recall of these experiences while making art.
Six elderly Japanese-Americans who had been sent to internment camps participated in art making to explore if image making would enhance their personal historical narrative. Image making coupled with their personal experiences, examined what memories were most significant across the participants. Listening to their recollections along with viewing their creations the viewer is enabled to realize what a traumatic experience the internment was for them, and to witness their inspiring capacity to recall it.
This video was formerly included in the Expressive Media Arts Therapies Films Collection distributed by Expressive Media Inc.