After the bombing of Pearl Harbor 8 year old Hanako and 120,000 other Japanese Americans are abruptly ordered to leave everything they once called home to live inside deserted internment camps. Based on my grandmother, Hisako Kido Yasuda's, real experience.

Director Biography - Becca Joy Jackson

Becca Jackson is a Japanese American animator and filmmaker from Gaithersburg, Maryland. She began her undergrad work in Los Angeles at Biola University, majoring in cinema media arts. During the pandemic Jackson returned home to Maryland and transferred to Maryland Institute College of Art to earn a BFA with a major in animation and a minor in film and video.

Jackson currently works in freelance animation, focusing on 2D digital animation and stop motion. She currently has an animation titled "Love the Phone You've Got" on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. as a part of the exhibit Cellphone: Unseen Connections.

Jackson is drawn to creating film and animations based around her family history and Japanese American identity. She believes animation is a powerful tool to tell stories and convey messages important to her and her community.