While the current debate over nuclear energy continues to rage, populations everywhere continue to fight the creation of more nuclear power plants. In light of Fukushima, this movie screening, part of the Doc Asia Film Fest, is most timely.
Please mark your calendars.
Ashes to Honey: For Searching a Sustainable
Future
Japan / 2010 / 116 min / Japanese w/ English
narration
Director: Hitomi Kamanaka
Director of Soundtrack: Shing02
Production Company: Group Gendai Films Co., Ltd.
SCREENING TIME
Saturday, July 16,
3pm Terasen Cinema, Harbour Centre SFU
July 17, Sunday, 2pm, Council Chambers, Richmond
City Hall
Free
For
28 years, the people of Iwaishima Island , living
in the middle of the bountiful Inland Sea, have
been opposing a plan to build a nuclear power plant. The island
has a 1000 - year history during which people
have preserved their traditional festival. Takashi, the
youngest on the island , is struggling to earn his living. He
dreams of a life based on sustainable energy. Meanwhile, communities
in Sweden are making an effort to implement such lives. The
people living in the Arctic circle have taken action to overcome damage from
the global economy. On Iwaishima, Mr. Ujimoto has
begun sustainable agriculture by reclaiming abandoned farmlands. But a power
company tries to fill in a bay to create man-made land. The people of the
island set sail together to stop the construction of the
nuclear power plant. A fight breaks out on the sea.
About
Hitomi Kamanaka (director)
Hitomi Kamanaka shot
her first film Uncle Suecha in 1990. With the
fellowship from the
Japanese Culture Agency, she studied at the National Film Board of Canada for a
while and then worked as a media activist at Paper Tiger in New York. After
returning to Japan, she shot documentary programs for television. Her 4th film Hibakusha—At
the End of the World (2003) was screened at more than 400 places and won
awards. In 2006, her film Rokkashomura Rhapsody (2006) was
internationally screened at more than 650 places. Ashes to Honey (2010) is her latest work. With
screening her films and engaging audience into discussions, Hitomi Kamanaka has been working to
build up a grassroots movement for a sustainable future, not only in Japan but
also in the world.
