Thursday, 20 June 2013

Film: Nuclear Nation - The Fukushima Refugees Story on 22nd of Junem 2013






Open City Docs Fest
Film - Nuclear Nation







A documentary about the exile of Futaba’s residents and the region. The film portrays the evacuees as the nuclear disaster changes over time. Through their agonies and frustrations, Some 1200 people from Futaba village/town near the Power station are still living in temporary accommodation and do not know when they will be allowed to go home. The film questions the real cost of capitalism and nuclear energy.

The director of Nuclear Nation, Atsushi Funahashi from Japan will talk at a panel discussion after the screening. It's a rare chance to be able to meet at first hand someone who has filmed the landscape of Fukushima and the residents who were forced to evacuate from the 20km exclusion zones.

Q&A chaired by Griseldis Kirsch, Lecture in Contemporary Japanse Culture; Also Nobu from JAN UK will be one of the panelists.


Nuclear Nation official site






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