Our Hiroshima
Description
Setsuko Nakamuro Thurlow, a relentless campaigner for peace, was 13 when the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, killing most of her family. Her vivid eyewitness account, combined with rare archival footage taken before and after the event, provides a comprehensive record of this pivotal episode in world history. A haunting music score, stark images, moving testimonies, and impassioned speeches make a compelling case for peace and nuclear sanity. The program also takes a hard look at the politics involved in developing and promoting the use of the bomb, and delves deeply into Canada's role in supplying uranium and scientists to the Manhattan Project. The ultimate conclusion of the program, in the words of physicist and pacifist Ursula Franklin, is that "there is no other way of surviving but peace. Includes graphic footage.
Runtime
43 min
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Date of Publication
[2005], c1995
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