Rea Tajiri's powerful new work, History and Memory (1991, 30 mins, Color/B&W) pits personal memory against collective history in an attempt to reclaim the past (and by extension, the future). Focusing on the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, Tajiri shows how a culture is subsumed by the media and then re-introduced as a cleansed "image." By disrupting official history with personal stories of the internment, the poetic History and Memory releases cultural memory from the prison of ideology. (Steve Seid) Topaz (1942-45/1991, c. 20 mins, Color), photographed and edited by David Tatsuno, is a remarkable film memoir documenting the internment experience at the Topaz camp near Salt Lake City. In many ways a typical "home movie" of family gatherings, community events, and the local scenic spots, the film conveys a bittersweet awareness of the extraordinary circumstance of the internment that became, nevertheless, personal history for thousands of Japanese American households. Beautifully shot with a contraband camera in 8mm Kodachrome (transferred here to video), the footage has been screened at a few community gatherings in the subsequent decades. Mr. Tatsuno, now 78, added the voice-over narration last year. Understated and matter-of-fact, the narration speaks volumes about the Nisei spirit of endurance with dignity. (Stephen Gong) Lise Yasui's Family Gathering (1990, 30 mins) is the filmmaker's personal look at the myths, memories, and silences surrounding her family history-from her grandfather's arrest as a "potentially dangerous enemy alien" following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and through the senseless humiliation the family suffered throughout the war.