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Documentary renews debate over renewable energy via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/04/22 by nfield

Earlier this month, Kyodo News surveyed 44 companies that started selling electricity to consumers after the energy market was liberalized in April 2016. More than 60 percent of respondents objected to the government’s plan to make them share in costs … Continue reading →

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Director killed by terrorist lives on through 3/11 victims’ film via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2017/04/11 by nfield

The resilience of victims of the 2011 nuclear disaster inspired a Belgian sound engineer to direct his own film on them, but his chance to finish the documentary was stolen by a terrorist. Gilles Laurent shot “La Terre Abandonnee” (Abandoned … Continue reading →

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Documentary examines environmental impact of SRS, Vogtle nuclear activity via The Augusta Chronicle

Posted on 2017/01/18 by nfield

A newly released documentary highlights health and environmental concerns on two of the area’s largest employers – Plant Vogtle and Savannah River Site. Containment, an independent documentary from producers Robb Moss and Peter Galison, takes a closer look at nuclear … Continue reading →

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Movie shows 3/11 disaster played out in the prime minister’s office via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2016/07/31 by norma field

“Taiyo no Futa” (The Seal of the Sun) goes to great lengths to recreate the tense and chaotic days of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, providing a perspective on what happened in the prime minister’s office. The … Continue reading →

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Fukushima in New York? This Nuclear Plant Has Regulators Nervous via National Geographic

Posted on 2016/07/29 by norma field

By Andrew Lapin That’s what many activists and former nuclear regulators fear for the Indian Point Energy Center, a nuclear power plant that has operated in Westchester County for more than four decades. The plant provides a good chunk of … Continue reading →

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‘Indian Point’: Film Review via The Hollywood Reporter

Posted on 2016/07/04 by norma field

Protesters try to shut down the 40-plus-year-old nuclear plant near New York City. In her first feature doc since examining the espionage case against her grandparents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg (in Heir to an Execution), Ivy Meeropol looks at a … Continue reading →

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変身｜Metamorphosis: A turbulent ride towards justice via The Urban Nomad

Posted on 2013/03/24 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

“There is no democracy in Japan” Such were the last words I heard Jun Hori utter before he left for Japan, having spent a year at UCLA as a visiting scholar. His quote paints a picture that is reminiscent of … Continue reading →

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【funding needed】A Fukushima born artist journeys into Japan’s nuclear winter revealing the warmth and strength of survivors coping with the fallout via Kickstarter

Posted on 2012/11/14 by norma field

The film: When the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant began to unfold Fukushima native Shimpei Takeda had been living in New York for 10 years working as a visual artist. As he began to understand what was … Continue reading →

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Fukushima weighs heavy at Berlin film showcase via AFP

Posted on 2012/02/14 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

BERLIN — The Fukushima nuclear disaster has come under the spotlight at Berlin’s film festival with three films exploring its impact on Japanese society less than a year on. The 11-day festival, which prides itself on its generally edgier and … Continue reading →

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Arab Spring, Fukushima star at hard-hitting Berlinale via Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2012/01/27 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

BERLIN (Reuters) – Social upheaval and political awakening will form the focal themes of the 62nd Berlin film festival, director Dieter Kosslick said, as films depicting the Arab Spring and Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear facility take centre stage. The festival … Continue reading →

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