My Atomic Aunt

My Atomic Aunt (2013)

Film director Kyoko Miyake remembered Namie, a fishing village ravaged by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, as her childhood paradise. Revisiting her family’s hometown after 10 years abroad, Miayke’s multilayered documentary examines the disaster’s profound personal, social and environmental impact.

Data lansării
2013-03-08
Durată
1 h 13 min
Genuri
Documentar
Regizor
Kyoko Miyake

Curiozități

Surviving the Tsunami – My Atomic Aunt is a 2013 documentary film written, directed, and co-produced by Kyoko Miyake remembers the Fukushima nuclear disaster that occurred on March 11, 2011 by focusing on how the disaster has affected her home town of Namie, Fukushima, Japan. The film develops into a personal reflection on how the Fukushima disaster has affected not only the world, but Miyake herself and the family she once knew.

Production

The documentary was originally titled Beyond the Wave, yet the completed documentary was released as My Atomic Aunt.

The film aired on seven television networks around the world in 2013, including the BBC, and NHK, Japan's National public broadcasting organization.

Jon Lynes, of Time Out London, describes Surviving the Tsunami, as "Haunting and moving ... as hard-hitting as it is simply presented... a timely reminder that the impact of the Fukushima disaster is still being felt....".

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