NonViolent Owensboro Film Screening: No More Hiroshima

No More Hiroshima is a 1984 National Film Board of Canada documentary about two survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, who are among a small group of Japanese who risk ostracism in their country by identifying themselves as hibakusha: survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  The 26-minute documentary by Martin Duckworth follows the survivors on their mission to New York City as part of the Japanese peace movement at the second United Nations Special Session on Disarmament held in June, 1982.  This film received the Genie Award for Best Short Documentary at the 7th Genie Awards.

NonViolent Owensboro is a group of Owensboro-area citizens committed to practicing and promoting nonviolent living and direct action through education and community partnerships.

Members of NonViolent Owensboro will lead a discussion after the film showing.