Transcending [electronic resource] : the Wat Misaka story / a film by Bruce Alan Johnson & Christine Toy Johnson.
2011
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Transcending [electronic resource] : the Wat Misaka story / a film by Bruce Alan Johnson & Christine Toy Johnson.
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Wat Misaka story
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New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2011.
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English
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This edition in English.
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1 online resource (85 min.).
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"A documentary feature about Wat Misaka, the first person of color to be drafted into what is now the NBA by the 1947 Knicks--and how he got there. Overcoming the national political climate surrounding World War II, Wat was a star player for the University of Utah 1944 and 1947 national championship teams, taking 2 years off in between to serve in the U.S. Army. His perseverance and loyalty to his teammates, other Nisei friends (including those interned at Topaz), and his family are a testament to the unflappable Japanese American spirit."--Original container.
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Previously released as DVD.
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