Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo (1991)

Name: Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1991-02-01

28m

Running Time

Plot.

The story of Estelle Ishigo, one of the few Caucasians interned with Japanese Americans during World War II. The wife of a Japanese American, Ishigo refused to be separated from her husband and was interned along with him. Based on the personal papers of Estelle Ishigo and her novel Lone Heart Mountain.

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Cast & Crew.

Dorothy Stroup

Self - Narrator

Steven Okazaki

Director / Writer / Producer

Lynn O'Donnell

Additional Narrator

Zand Gee

Producer

Media.

Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

Details.

Release Date
February 1, 1991

Status
Released

Running Time
28m

Content Rating
NR

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

world war ii

civil rights activist

japanese american

internment camp

Wiki.

Days of Waiting (1991) is a documentary short film directed, written and produced by Steven Okazaki about Estelle Ishigo, a Caucasian artist who went voluntarily to an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. The film was inspired by Ishigo's book, Lone Heart Mountain, and won an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) and a Peabody Award. It was presented on PBS by POV and the Center for Asian American Media.