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Film Screening + Discussion: Tell the Prime Minister

Film Screening + Discussion

02.03.2016 17:00  – 20:00 

Location: Werkstattkino, Frauenhoferstraße 9, 80469 München (closest public transport stops: U1 / U2 "Frauenhoferstraße"; tram stop "Müllerstraße" for tram lines 16, 17, 18)

On 2 March 2016, the documentary "Tell the Prime Minister" by the Japanese director and political scientist Eiji Oguma will be screened in the Werkstattkino, followed by a podium discussion with Eiji Oguma himself. Oguma makes documentaries and is a professor at the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University in Tokyo.

This event starts at 5 p.m., is free of charge and open to the general public.

 

This documentary film captures the anti-nuclear protests in Tokyo after the Fukushima nuclear incident in March 2011. The theme of the film is the crisis that democracy faces, and the reconstruction of democracy.

After "Occupy Wall Street" in New York, and before the "Umbrella Revolution" in Hong Kong, 200 thousand people surrounded the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo for an anti-nuclear demonstration. However, this incident was not reported extensively by the media and subsequently went unnoticed by the world.

The film is composed of interviews with eight individuals and footage from that time. The eight people who appear include a former Prime Minister, an evacuee from Fukushima, a political activist, a shop clerk, an artist, a hospital worker, and a businessperson, both Japanese and non-Japanese. The film describes how these people from diverse backgrounds converged amidst the crisis.

Video recordings cited in the film show the terrifying experiences of the nuclear disaster, anti-nuclear demonstrations, speeches, and the official meeting between activists and the Prime Minister. The videos were shot by independent citizens and uploaded to the internet. We sought permission to use footage from each person after explaining our intentions. As such, each person voluntarily provided their videos to us.

A groundbreaking film created in a unique and unprecedented manner.

To watch the trailer and learn more about the movie, click here.