Film: The Land of Hope at the Riverside Studios, London

 

"The Land of Hope"
Another Film Showing

Tuesday 23 July
8pm-

The Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, London, W6 9RL

 Prolific Japanese director SONO Sion takes a step back from his usual over-the-top film-making style for a restrained drama dealing with a family's struggles after the aftermath of a Fukushima-style nuclear power plant explosion in their town.

A family finds themselves torn apart when a large earthquake strikes and sends the local nuclear power plant into meltdown. The 20km exclusion zone right through their front yard and for their family's future they make the hard decision for the son and his wife to flee while the older parents stay to keep their heritage alive.

You can book tickets at Riverside Studios

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Haringey CND Public Meeting Monday 22 July, 7pm - at Jacksons Lane Community Centre, Jacksons Lane, London N6 5AA Speaker: Chitoshi Moriguchi, JAN UK Theme: "Fukushima and Hiroshima, the Continuing Disasters" The disaster in Hiroshima is often understood only with the damage of heat and blast. But there was another problem: radiation. Even those who entered the city after the bomb began to die because of radiation. Everybody is welcome! Especially, those who live in East London, come and listen to Chitoshi's speech.

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