BIG BAND MUSIC IN CAMP
ABOUT THE FILM: Searchlight Serenade
Searchlight Serenade offers the stories of 9 detainees - big band trumpet players, saxophonists, singers, - who created a soulful escape for themselves and their fellow prisoners. Their accounts are accompanied by an evocative animation created from woodcuts and drawings by artist Amy Uyeki.
MUSIC OF THE ERA:
Take a trip back in time and experience the sights and sounds of life in camp during WWII. Listen to our YouTube playlist as you view the presentation of Big Band music in camp!
Photographs courtesy of Amy Uyeki and the National Archives.
Click the playlist below to experience the music of the 1940s through radio broadcasts of popular musicians such as Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey, and Artie Shaw!
Special thanks to:
Michelle Hirano, GVJCI Day of Remembrance committee member
Frederick Kochi, for his time and knowledge he shared about the Big Bands
Eli Moulton, Director of Operations and Engineering, KEET
Hideki Obayashi, GVJCI Day of Remembrance committee member
Alvin Takamori, GVJCI Day of Remembrance committee member
Amy Uyeki, Associate Producer, Searchlight Serenade
Michelle Hirano, GVJCI Day of Remembrance committee member
Frederick Kochi, for his time and knowledge he shared about the Big Bands
Eli Moulton, Director of Operations and Engineering, KEET
Hideki Obayashi, GVJCI Day of Remembrance committee member
Alvin Takamori, GVJCI Day of Remembrance committee member
Amy Uyeki, Associate Producer, Searchlight Serenade