Just months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. citizen Yoshi Kubo and his family are forcibly evicted from their farm and evacuated to a bleak concentration camp in Colorado. Only through collaboration with an unexpected ally can he hold out any hope that his land and livelihood are not lost to him forever. Months later, incarcerees are forced to choose between conscription into military combat and imprisonment. Yoshi refuses to acquiesce to combat duty, arguing that as a farmer, he could best serve the war effort farming under an agricultural deferment, like his white neighbors back home. Using interviews, archival materials and reenactments, Row Don’t Drift unveils an intimate yet sweeping tale about a grave injustice committed against innocent, industrious people; an act of cooperation and generosity between cultures that preserved a family’s home and livelihood; and how one brave man stood up for his principles in the face of prejudice and community pressure. Through persecution and perseverance to triumph, his story has echoes that reverberate to the present day.