# Event Details

- **Event Name**: One Fighting Irishman: Twin Cities Premiere Film Screening
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for the film screening premiere of One Fighting Irishman by filmmaker Sharon Yamato. This event is in partnership with the Twin Cities Japanese American Citizens League and in commemoration of the Day of Remembrance, observed on February 19 as a day for the Japanese American community to reflect and share the history of the forced incarceration of over 125,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II.

One Fighting Irishman is a 30-minute film that tells the story of San Francisco civil rights attorney Wayne M. Collins’s passionate and uncompromising defense of the Constitution that drove him to spend 23 years successfully representing more than 5,000 Japanese Americans who renounced their American citizenship while imprisoned at the embattled Tule Lake Segregation Center, considered the worst of America’s ten WWII concentration camps.

As one of only a handful of attorneys who fought on behalf of the rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry while working with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California, Collins also battled the national ACLU and the national Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) in representing Fred Korematsu, who refused to report for mass detention. After the war, he (and later his son) represented Iva Toguri falsely accused of broadcasting during the war as “Tokyo Rose.”

The film will be screened in the 3M auditorium at 6:00 pm. Panel discussion and reception to follow. Featured panelists include: Sharon Yamato (writer, journalist and independent filmmaker), Wayne Merrill Collins (Berkeley attorney and son of Wayne Mortimer Collins, who took over his father’s practice), Hiroshi Shimizu (chair of the Tule Lake Committee, vice president of the Crystal City Pilgrimage Committee, and board president of the Japanese American National Library), and Carol Reitz (president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American community, and board member of the Suyematsu Farm Legacy Alliance in Bainbridge Island, Washington).

To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact engagement@mnhs.org.

This event is coordinated in partnership with the Twin Cities Japanese American Citizens League. Sponsored by the TCJACL Suzukamo funds. Funding provided by the State of Minnesota’s Legacy Amendment, through the vote of Minnesotans on Nov. 4, 2008, and our generous donors and members.

This event is free and open to the public and registration is not required, but attendees are encouraged to RSVP. Tickets are not required for admission.

RSVP here: https://www.mnhs.org/events/45054565142
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/st-paul/one-fighting-irishman-twin-cities-premiere-film-screening/200029567719642
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, business, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 22

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: St Paul
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN, United States, Minnesota 55102
- **lat**: 44.94975
- **long**: -93.10545
- **full address**: 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN, United States, Minnesota 55102, 345 Kellogg Blvd W, St Paul, MN 55102-1903, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is One Fighting Irishman: Twin Cities Premiere Film Screening being held?
  - **A:** One Fighting Irishman: Twin Cities Premiere Film Screening takes place on Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm at 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN, United States, Minnesota 55102, 345 Kellogg Blvd W, St Paul, MN 55102-1903, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing One Fighting Irishman: Twin Cities Premiere Film Screening?
  - **A:** One Fighting Irishman: Twin Cities Premiere Film Screening is organized by Minnesota History Center.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** One Fighting Irishman: Twin Cities Premiere Film Screening is ideal for professionals, entrepreneurs, startup founders, and networking enthusiasts eager to grow their connections. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in St Paul, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If One Fighting Irishman: Twin Cities Premiere Film Screening sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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