Of Civil Wrongs and Rights

Of Civil Wrongs and Rights

2000 60 min ⭐ 8.0 Documentary

Viewers interested in modern Documentary cinema often explore Of Civil Wrongs and Rights because of its cast, story direction, and audience popularity.

Eric Paul Fournier's Emmy Award-winning film chronicles the remarkable life of Japanese-American Fred Korematsu, who was stripped of his rights and sent to an internment camp in 1942. For the next 39 years, Korematsu -- an ordinary shipyard worker -- fought against Executive Order 9066. Taking his relentless quest for civil rights all the way to the Supreme Court, he was eventually awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998.

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