We Are All Radioactive
We Are All Radioactive
僕らはみんな放射能 (Bokura wa Minna Houshanou)A series of short films screened before each Post 3.11 Cinema feature
A year after the earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disaster trifecta hit northeastern Japan, many small towns along the northeast coast of Japan are still struggling with the same unanswered questions: Is our food safe? Is our water safe? Can I sell my fish and vegetables at the market? Will our children die of cancer? Can we ever trust the government again? In the summer of 2011, a few months after the quake, director Lisa Katayama's film crew befriended a group of surfers based in Motoyoshi--a small coastal town 100 miles north of Fukushima. Living in tents pitched on one of the only unaffected patches of land in town, these surfer-turned-activists are rallying to get a multi-generational community of fishermen and farmers back on their feet. In Japan, the crew shot interviews with locals, anti-nuclear activists and global experts on radiation. They also gave waterproof video cameras to the residents of Motoyoshi so they could film through their own lens.
U.S. and Japan. In English/Japanese with Japanese/English subtitles. Directed by Jason Wishnow and Lisa Katayama.
We Are All Radioactive © 2011 The Tofu Project LLC
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