Atomic People

The Beginning of a Movement

After many years of being abandoned by their government, the survivors of the atomic bombings in Japan (Hibakusha) come together to campaign for compensation, medical assistance, and nuclear disarmament. They continue to fight for full compensation from their government and the abolition of nuclear weapons.

The Beginning of a Movement

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    Atomic People

    E1 - 1h 25m

    Combining their personal accounts with archive footage, "Atomic People" features a number of
    voices from some of the only people left on Earth to have survived a nuclear bomb.

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