It Wasn't Us

Dry. Dusty. Lonely. The words instantly flash in Mariko's head when she and her family arrive at Manzanar, an internment camp in California meant to house the Japanese Americans. A conflagrant war blazes between America, fighting on the side of the Allies, and Japan, supporting the Axis Powers. The struggle for the Japanese Americans of World War II is relentless, constantly renewed with the harsh camp conditions, the feeling of being caged and treated inhumanely, and the often strict camp guards, and the other tribulations thrown at the Arakakis and the other incarcerated Americans.