Defiant to the Last

Defiant to the Last: Resistance at the Tule Lake Jail is a story of collective resistance, revealing the chilling history of the Tule Lake Segregation Center and putting a timely, corrective spotlight on the dissident Japanese Americans who were demonized and punished for speaking out against the false wartime incarceration.

Emmy award-winning filmmaker Emiko Omori is a longtime Bay Area resident and a San Francisco State University School of Cinema alumna. She was the first female Asian American cinematographer at KQED, and her most celebrated work, Rabbit in the Moon, explores the Japanese American incarceration experience. She also directed Tattoo City, a documentary on tattoo artist Ed Hardy, among many other films.

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Sunday, May 10, 2026
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm