Antinuclear

Riveting short video about Japan’s surfers- “We Are All Radioactive”

Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Seen Through the Eyes of Local Surfers, THE ATLANTIC, MAR 9 2012,  We Are All Radioactive , a forthcoming documentary series, tells the story of one seaside community’s efforts to rebuild in the wake of the 2011 disaster. Motoyoshi, a small town and surf spot about 100 miles from Fukushima, was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami, and now it’s unclear how damaging the effects of the Fukushima meltdown  could be. We Are All Radioactive is a collaboration between Lisa Katayama , a journalist, and Jason Wishnow , a filmmaker, with the support of locals, who are contributing their own footage, and viewers, who are crowd funding the film .  Katayama and Wishnow traveled to Motoyoshi twice last year to document the recovery effort, and the multifaceted story grew beyond the bounds of a feature documentary to justify doing an entire series. They plan to release each new episode as soon as it’s fully funded, launching the first episode this Sunday on the one-year anniversary of the disaster. Katayama describes the development of the series in an interview below, and explains the funding process in this pitch video. Visit the IndieGoGo page for We Are All Radioactive  to support the series.  http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/japans-nuclear-disaster-seen-through-the-eyes-of-local-surfers/254272/

March 10, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized