Dianne Fukami’s film about the trailblazing politician will open the 36th annual film festival. The Mercury News 10 films to see at Asian American CAAMFest 36

10 films to see If you were limited to just 10, these would be the top choices (in alphabetical order): An American Story: Norman Mineta and His Legacy: The clear rock star of the festival is Norm Mineta, the former resident of a Japanese internment camp, U.S. congressman and Cabinet secretary under two presidents, who… CAAM Fest Mixes Film, Music and Theater for its 36th Edition

The Center for Asian American Media broadens its film fest to include theater and music . Mineta Docu to Open S.F.’s CAAMFest 36 | Pacific Citizen | The National Newspaper of the JACL A Tribute to Norman Mineta from Assemblymember Evan Low

"As an Asian American youth growing up in the Bay Area, Secretary Mineta served as the prime example of political and civic empowerment of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community." Norman Mineta doc part of the local spotlight at CAAMFest 2018

Masashi Niwano, festival and exhibitions director at the Center for Asian American Media, can imagine two former presidents, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, walking the red carpet at the Castro Theatre when CAAMFest 2018 gets under way on May 10. Though perhaps unlikely to happen, it is a vision rooted in the unique place… Nearly 75 years later, internee Norman Mineta and jamboree visitor Alan K. Simpson return to the Wyoming site where Mineta and his Japanese American family were confined. Washington Post Revisiting a shameful chapter in US history: Japanese-American internment

The year after Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Americans were forced from their homes and businesses at gunpoint and shipped to concentration camps in remote areas. NBC’s Tom Brokaw marks the 75th anniversary of a shameful chapter in American history with a visit to one of those camps: Heart Mountain in Wyoming.
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