Day of Independence
A desert. A baseball diamond. A friendship. America, 1943.
Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Set in a relocation camp in the summer of 1943, this film chronicles the journey of an American family torn apart by a forced and unjust incarceration, a father's decision that challenges his son to find strength, and ultimately his son's triumph through courage, sacrifice and the All-American game of baseball.
- Genre: Drama, Family, History
- Studio: Cedar Grove Productions
- Keyword: baseball, world war ii, east asian lead, japanese american, japanese american internment, nisei, short film
- Cast: Derek Mio, Marcus Toji, Alan Muraoka, Keiko Kawashima, Chris Tashima, Gina Hiraizumi