Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray (2002)

Called "an elegant documentary" by Sundance and "eloquent and deeply moving" by the LA Times, Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray is a penetrating portrait of this photographer's search for truth and beauty in a world of impermanence. Los Angeles' Little Tokyo's foremost studio photographer, Miyatake smuggled a lens and film holder into the U.S. WWII camp he was incarcerated in and captured life behind barbed wire with a makeshift camera made of scrap wood. Yet it was his little-known artistic pursuits before the war that honed his discerning eye.

Released Jan. 1, 2002 29 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.one-actor, tmdb.found-footage, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.internment-camp, imdb.los-angeles-california, imdb.archive-footage, imdb.world-war-two + 7 more, imdb.little-tokyo, imdb.japanese-american-history, imdb.photography, imdb.art, imdb.home-movie, imdb.manzanar, imdb.japanese-american-national-museum