Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

Days of Waiting
Days of Waiting
Directed by	Steven Okazaki
Written by	Steven Okazaki
Produced by	Steven Okazaki; Cheryl Yoshioka;
Narrated by	Dorothy Stroup; Lynn O'Donnell;
Cinematography	Steven Okazaki
Edited by	Steven Okazaki; Cheryl Yoshioka;
Production; companies	Farallon Films; National Asian American Telecommunications Association;
Distributed by	PBS
Release date	1990;
Running time	28 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Days of Waiting (1990) is a documentary short film by Steven Okazaki about Estelle Ishigo, a Caucasian artist who went voluntarily to an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. The film was inspired by Ishigo's book, "Lone Heart Mountain", and won an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)^[1]^[2] and a Peabody Award.

Background

During World War II, when 110,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated from the West Coast to various American concentration camps, Estelle Peck Ishigo refused to be separated from her Nisei (second generation Japanese American) husband. She voluntarily accompanied him to the Heart Mountain War Relocation Center. A painter and illustrator, Ishigo documented her experience through her art. She later published these works and wrote about her experience in her book, "Lone Heart Mountain," which along with personal papers, were the basis of the film. She was discovered living in destitution in her senior years, by the filmmakers as they researched her story.

Awards

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) – 63rd Academy Awards (1991)
Peabody Award – as presentation in PBS TV series, P.O.V. (1991)
Gran Prix, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (1991)

References

^ "NY Times: Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo". NY Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
^ "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2019.

External links

Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo at Farallon Films
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo at Center for Asian American Media
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo at IMDb
Lone Heart Mountain manuscript at UCLA Library's Calisphere

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[NY_Times-1] "NY Times: Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo". NY Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2008-12-04.

[Oscars1991-2] "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2019.

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