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A documentary about the exile of Futaba’s residents, the region housing the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The town’s people have now lost their homeland. Through their agonies and frustrations, the film questions the real cost of capitalism and nuclear energy.

Atsushi Funahashi is a Tokyo-based filmmaker. He studied filmmaking at School of Visual Arts, New York. His debut feature echoes (2001) won three jury & audience awards at Annonay International Film Festival, France. His films Big River (2006), Deep in the Valley (2009), Nuclear Nation I & II (2012, 2014), and Cold Bloom (2013) all premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and have been released in many countries.

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Participants are invited to screen the film prior to this discussion:
Rent on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/nuclearnation
View via U-M Library (U-M affiliates only): https://bit.ly/3jTOaG9

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