On Sunday, January 10th, at 10:30a, Fremont Baptist Church will screen a 48-minute, inspiring documentary, titled ‘An Act Of Faith: The Rev. Emery Andrews Story.’ Award-winning documentarian Janice D. Tanaka presents this well-researched film on a pastor at Seattle’s Japanese Baptist Church, and his selfless service to other Seattleites imprisoned during World War II in the Minidoka concentration camp. On January 10th, at Fremont Baptist, Yosh Nakagawa, a child interred with his family at Camp Minidoka, will provide live commentary on his own part in the film, and his personal experience.
Rev. Andrews devoted his entire life to serving the Japanese community in the Pacific Northwest, and never stopped ministering to his congregation even after they were forcibly removed and imprisoned at Minidoka by the U.S. Government, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The film draws on letters, interviews with survivors (like Nakagawa,) and an oral history recorded by Rev. Andrews, an unsung hero whose service took a personal cost.
“This documentary puts a spotlight on the history of the Japanese-Americans and their immigrant parents,” according to Judith Gay, pastor of Fremont Baptist, “as they were forced from their homes and churches in the Seattle area to a barren area of southern Idaho.” The film gives the story of Rev. Andrews, and his son, and the toll the internment of Japanese-Americans singled out from our country and our society.
This free screening will provide an educational as well as inspirational opportunity with this personal look at local history. Please join others at Fremont Baptist Church for this rare, and moving, event.