Imagine being taken from your home, no time to pack, you just leave with just what you can carry and are forced to start a new life as a prisoner in an internment camp, all because of your race.

The film “Day of Independence,” shown as a part of Moorpark College’s Multicultural day, depicted how this happened to over 110,000 Japanese men, women and children in the time of World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The film was centered around a game of baseball played by the internees, through this the film was able to capture how the Japanese held a positive attitude even through such a hardship.

“It was also a way for them to make a statement about being America,” said Chris Tashima, director and co-writer of the film. “Back then it was questioned, but this way it was possible for them to make a statement-saying, we do this too.”

“It was ok,” said student Alexander Timari. “It wasn’t bad.”

The story from the film, showing the positive side of the internment camps was unexpected, yet was a good encouragement for the viewer.

“It really was an attitude that they had, they just kept a positive outlook and put the best face forward and tried to make the best of it and it was that kind of spirit that I wanted to pay tribute to.”