Wasteland Gardens


Formed 1988

Bio

Wasteland Gardens: the Japanese Canadian Internment in Canada is a two-part, one-hour radio documentary about the Japanese Canadian Internment presented on the CBC Radio show, Ideas. Japanese Canadian artists contributing to this documentary, produced by Karen Levine (the award winning playwright and writer of Hana’s Suitcase) were Terry Watada (narrator and script consultant), Takeo Yamashiro (music) and Takeo Ujo Nakano (poetry). It aired twice, once before Redress and once (with added material) after. The writer of the documentary was Jenifer Sutherland.