East of the Rockies is a Canadian mobile augmented reality video game application, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and released in 2019. Written by novelist Joy Kogawa based partially on her novels Obasan and Itsuka, the project tells the story of Yuki, a young Japanese Canadian girl in the 1940s who is caught up with her family in the internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II.
The character of Yuki is voiced by Kogawa's granddaughter, Anne Canute.
The application was released to the Apple Store in March 2019 for iPhones and iPads running iOS 12 or higher. A "pop-up experience" version of the application was also screened at the 2019 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.
The project won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Video Game Narrative at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.
References
- "Joy Kogawa revisits the story of Japanese Canadian internment camps with a new AR app". Q, November 12, 2019.
- ^ Peter Graham, "AR Experience East of the Rockies Tells the Story of Canada’s Japanese Internment Camps" Archived 2020-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. VR Focus, March 1, 2019.
- ^ Samantha Edwards, "Joy Kogawa revisits Canada’s dark wartime past in new AR app". Now, November 6, 2019.
- Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards: Winners Announced For Scripted Drama, Comedy Categories". Entertainment Tonight Canada, May 27, 2020.
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