FCCJ sneak preview: Doc. on agent orange

[Eija Niskanen]

Dear KineJapanners,

We have another sneak preview opportunity at the Foreign
Correspondents' Club of Japan on Monday, July 25, at 7 pm. This time,
we are also invited to the Meet the Filmmakers cocktail party from 6
pm, which is just ¥1,260. You can attend the film without attending
the cocktail party.

The FCCJ is a private club, so you must reserve through Karen Severns
if you’d like to attend the film and/or party: kjs30 at gol.com

http://www.fccj.or.jp/node/6714

SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING
Followed by a Q&A session with director Masako Sakata, producer
Tetsujiro Yamagami and editor John Junkerman

MONDAY, JULY 25   7pm  20th floor

LIVING THE SILENT SPRING
Japan 2011  87 minutes  In English and Vietnamese, with English subtitles

Produced and directed by Masako Sakata
Produced by Tetsujiro Yamagami
Edited by John Junkerman
	
Film courtesy of Siglo, Ltd.					

Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson’s landmark Silent Spring warned of the
danger of widespread use of pesticides and herbicides, helping to
launch the environmental movement in the US. Around this same time,
the US military began to spray defoliants in Vietnam, so as to deny
cover to guerrilla forces, entrenched in dense jungles and swampland.
The defoliants, including Agent Orange, were potent mixes of chemicals
used in agriculture, but they were contaminated with the deadly toxin,
dioxin. In a decade of US spraying, some 4 million Vietnamese were
directly exposed to defoliants, and the health effects continue today.
American soldiers stationed in Vietnam were also exposed, and many
veterans suffer a range of diseases as a consequence. In both
countries, the effects have now carried over to the children and even
grandchildren of those exposed — including Heather Bowser, the
daughter of an American veteran, who was born missing a leg and many
of her fingers. Heather visits Vietnam, her father’s battleground, and
discovers the importance of building links between victims of Agent
Orange in the US and Vietnam.

Living the Silent Spring depicts the struggles and courage of American
and Vietnamese children who bear the imprint of Agent Orange, and asks
us to once again heed the prophetic warnings of Rachel Carson. The
film debuts at Iwanami Hall in September.

Please join Ms. Sakata, Mr. Yamagami and Mr. Junkerman for a glass of
wine and light snacks before the screening begins, at our Meet the
Filmmakers Cocktail Party, from 6:00 – 6:55 pm. The cocktail party is
¥1,260 (incl. tax).

You may attend the film without attending the cocktail party.

All movie screenings are private, noncommercial events restricted to
FCCJ members and their guests.

Karen Severns, Edwin Karmiol, Movie Committee

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replying to this email.
Eija Niskanen
080-3479-8475
Kichijoji Honcho 4-12-6
Musashino-shi
Tokyo 180-0004