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Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story
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Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story

Released
22 Mar, 2010 1h 25min
 

Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story

Released
22 Mar, 2010 1h 25min
 

Directed by Christine Toy Johnson, Bruce Alan Johnson

It's the 1940s in America and the nation is testing itself. Can a young Japanese-American basketball star overcome the odds?

TRANSCENDING - THE WAT MISAKA STORY is a documentary film about Wat Misaka, the first person of color to be drafted into what is now the NBA, by the 1947 Knicks. A Nisei who was born, raised and is still living in Utah, he was the very first collegiate draft pick, and the first draft pick ever of the New York Knicks. Overcoming the national political climate during World War... see more

Directed by Christine Toy Johnson, Bruce Alan Johnson

It's the 1940s in America and the nation is testing itself. Can a young Japanese-American basketball star overcome the odds?

TRANSCENDING - THE WAT MISAKA STORY is a documentary film about Wat Misaka, the first person of color to be drafted into what is now the NBA, by the 1947 Knicks. A Nisei who was born, raised and is still living in Utah, he was the very first collegiate draft pick, and the first draft pick ever of the New York Knicks. Overcoming the national political climate during World War... see more

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