The Displaced View

The Displaced View traces a personal search for identity and pride within the unique and suppressed history of the Japanese in Canada Through an examination of the emotional and cultural links between the women of one family the processes of the construction of memory and the reconstruction of history are revealed Utilizing an innovative combination of experimental dramatic and documentary forms the film emerges as a deeply moving and compassionate love letter Just as the official history of the Japanese Canadians has been thrown into question so does the films fictionalized narrative question documentary as truth