J-Sei At the Movies: An Evening with Steven Okazaki

Friday, August 14, 6:30 pm

Join us for an in depth look into the lives of Hibakusha survivors, from Mushroom Club to White Light, Black Rain, filmmaker Steven Okazaki documents what they must endure, the scars that remain, and the hope they seek. In commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, J-Sei welcomes back guest Okazaki to share his defining documentary work.

Steven Okazaki’s films explore a wide range of subjects — from drug addiction to nuclear war, from Tokyo pop culture to the Minnesota State Fair. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including an Academy Award® and the City of Hiroshima’s “Honorary Citizen Award.” In 2006, he received his third Oscar® nomination for HBO/Cinemax’s THE MUSHROOM CLUB, a personal look at the city of Hiroshima. He followed that with HBO’s WHITE LIGHT/BLACK RAIN, a vivid accounting of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, won a Primetime Emmy for “Exceptional Merit in Non-Fiction Filmmaking” and the Grand Prize at the Banff World Television Festival.

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