Stand Up For Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story (2004) is an educational narrative short film, co-produced by Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR) and Visual Communications (VC).
[4] Not many beyond the Japanese American community knew of his story, inspiring Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR) to partner with Visual Communications to create an educational film to teach his cross-cultural story in the classroom.
[5] Funded by grants from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program,[1][6] the half-hour drama was shot at the Manzanar National Historic Site, and in Los Angeles, and completed in 2004.
When Pearl Harbor is bombed, Ralph's Japanese American friend, Jimmy Matsuoka, and his family are forced to sell their belongings and evacuate to a remote concentration camp.
Ralph surprises his friends at the train station as they are about to depart for Manzanar, a relocation center in central California.