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Title Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard

Publication Info. [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.

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 Axe Kanopy Streaming Video  Streaming Video    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 59 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Playing Time Playing time: 57 min.
Description two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Note In Process Record.
Title from title frames.
Event Originally produced by The Video Project in 2015.
Summary Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard presents the aftermath of the first atomic bomb through the remarkable drawings and untold stories of surviving Japanese school children who were part of an extraordinary exchange with their American counterparts. In 1995, a parishioner of the All Souls Church in Washington, D.C., discovered a long-forgotten box containing dozens of colorful drawings made by Japanese children from the Honkawa Elementary School in Hiroshima just two years after their city was destroyed. The surprisingly hopeful drawings were created and sent to the church nearly 50 years earlier in appreciation for much-needed school supplies received as part of the church's post-war humanitarian efforts. The Honkawa school was just 1100 feet from ground zero on August 6, 1945. Nearly 400 children died in the schoolyard that fateful morning. Surviving students and teachers describe the horror of that day and reflect on their difficult lives amidst the rubble of their decimated city, as well as the hope they shared through their art. Classes resumed soonafter in the window-less concrete shell of the remaining Honkawa school building to provide some sense of normalcy. The film features recently found archival footage that shows what life was like in the weeks and months after the bomb fell and how Hiroshima gradually recovered. The rediscovered drawings were restored by members of the All Souls Church, who several years later embarked on an emotional journey to Japan to exhibit the artwork at the Honkawa school and reunite the surviving artists for the first time with the drawings they created as children. The artists and church members reflect on the lessons that resulted froma compassionate exchange nearly 70 years ago between American and Japanese children following a bitter and devastating World War.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Indexed Term Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Documentaries
History - Modern
Visual Art
Added Author Reichhardt, Bryan, filmmaker
Kanopy (Firm)
Music No. 1167029 Kanopy

 
    
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