Agenda

29 Sep 2021 14:00

Film screening and debate - NO MAN’S ZONE by Fujiwara Toshi

Auditorium Santa Margherita, Venice

Ca’ Foscari series: 3.11, ten years on: reflections on contemporary Japan after the Great East Japan Triple Disaster

Filming the disaster:
NO MAN’S ZONE by Fujiwara Toshi 
 (無人地帯, Japan/France, 2012, 105’)

The 40 year old nuclear power station on the coast of Fukushima went into crisis after being struck by the tsunami on March 11th 2011. Within 24 hours, evacuation order was proclaimed to the surrounding 20 Km area. The new documentary by Toshi Fujiwara is a journey within this No Man’s Zone and the surrounding regions around it where people continue to live, as well as a journey into time and history when the film encounters with the people who have or will be evacuated, those who have no choice but to continue to live nearby.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director Fujiwara Toshi moderated by Eugenio De Angelis (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Film screening in original languages (Japanese/English) with English subtitles

To participate please register in advance: Link [ITA] - LINK [ENG]

For online participation [Introduction and Q&A sections ONLY] please regiter at the following Zoom Link - The screening will NOT be available on Zoom

Language

The event will be held in English

Organized by

Department of Asian and North African Studies (Eugenio De Angelis)

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