Sennan Asbestos Disaster
Kazuo Hara
Japan,
2016
Made over the course of ten years, this epic work of activist cinema joins the citizens of Sennan, Osaka as they embark on an unprecedented uphill legal battle to receive reparations from the government for exposing their community to the deadly toxins of the city’s asbestos factories. Through wrenching interviews with the victims whose lives have been shattered by the agonizing effects of asbestosis, Sennan Asbestos Disaster paints a damning portrait of how decades of negligence exacted a devastating human toll while revealing the ways in which the tragedy is deeply entwined with issues of class and anti-Korean discrimination. It’s also a galvanizing look at the power of collective action and what happens when ordinary people take on their own government—going up against an unfeeling, often maddeningly slow-moving bureaucracy in their unceasing fight for justice.
Details
- 215 min
- Color
- 1.78:1
Formats
- DCP
- Blu-ray
- DVD
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