autism is an altar (2026)

Three vignettes across three generations of japanese americans explore the intersections of incarceration, ableism and anti-Asian racism from the perspectives of a first-generation Issei woman at Angel Island Immigration Station, a second-generation Nisei woman incarcerated at Amache “War Relocation Center” and a fourth-generation Yonsei’s process of autism diagnosis.

• Release Date: 2026-05-03
• Runtime: 0h 4min
• Director: Casey Kaneyo Hidekawa