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Ashes to Honey (2010)

Ashes to Honey poster
Original title
ミツバチの羽音と地球の回転
Directed by
Hitomi Kamanaka
Genre
documentary film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 56m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the effects of nuclear power and radiation in Japan. It follows people affected by nuclear issues and their efforts to find alternatives.

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What happens

Ashes to Honey (ミツバチの羽音と地球の回転, Mitsubachi no haoto to chikyū no kaiten), (literally "Humming of Bees and Rotation of the Earth") is a Japanese documentary directed by Hitomi Kamanaka and released in 2010. It is the third in Kamanaka's trilogy of films on the problems of nuclear power and radiation, preceded by Hibakusha at the End of the World (also known as Radiation: A Slow Death) and Rokkasho Rhapsody. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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