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Title of Film: Sakura & Pearls: Healing from WWII
Date of Screening: October 2, 2020
Film Block Time: 12:00pm
THIS FILM IS IN-THEATER ONLY
PENDING HEALTH DEPARTMENT MANDATE.
FILM INFO FOR:
Sakura & Pearls: Healing from WWII
Category: A feature (60 minutes or greater), A Long Island Film, A documentary, A first time director film
Director: G. K. Hunter
Producer(s): Lena Antoci, G. K. Hunter
Writer(s): G. K. Hunter
Runtime of Film: 84 minutes
Synopsis
At the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, a historic encounter happened between 2 Japanese Atomic Bomb survivors and 2 American Pearl Harbor Attack survivors. This intense exchange was captured exclusively by the cameras of this documentary. What happened when former WWII enemies met for the first time in April 2019?
Other Info:
Documentary, Humanitarian, Historical
My film is a NEW YORK premiere
Movie was filmed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and also in Hiroshima, Japan.
There is historic war footage of the atomic bomb exploding and also historic battle scenes of the attack on Pearl Harbor similar to what you would see on PBS war documentaries.
U.S. President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Shigeaki Mori
Venue:
All Screenings in the LIIFE line-up will be held at the Bellmore Movies (directly North of the Bellmore train station)
Bellmore Movies
222 Pettit Avenue
Bellmore, NY 11710
516 783-3199