DAY ONE
Begin in San Francisco, CA
Visit the Angel Island Immigration Center
Pick up a copy of Carved in Silence in the gift shop
Movie Night: Carved in Silence
Movie Night: Destination America
DAY TWO
Begin in San Francisco and drive to Los Angeles, CA (estimated time 5 1/2 hours)
In-flight feature film: American Pastime
In-flight feature film: Of Civil Rights and Wrongs
DAY THREE
Visit the Japenese American National Museum
Movie Night: Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary
Movie Night: A Day without a Mexican
DAY FOUR
Begin in LA and drive to San Diego (estimated time: 2 1/2 hours)
In-flight feature film: SB1070
Visit the New American Museum
DAY FIVE
Optional pop cultural interlude: Legoland, beach, Sea World
DAY SIX
Visit and/or cross the border with Mexico between San Diego and Tijuana
Consider visiting Border Field State Park
Movie Night: The Other Side of Immigration or A Better Life
DAY SEVEN
Begin in San Diego and drive to Lone Pine, CA (estimated time: 5 hours)
Be sure to book your lodging well in advance in either Lone Pine or Independence–these are 2 small towns situation between Death Valley and National Sequoia Park and there is NOTHING else out there
In-flight feature film: Farewell to Manzanar, if it ever comes out on DVD
In-flight feature film: Days of Waiting
DAY EIGHT
Visit Manzanar Internment Camp National Historic Site
DAYS NINE and TEN
Optional natural wonders interlude–Kings Canyon, Sequoia National Park, and Death Valley National Park