Minamata (2020)

Directed by

Andrew Levitas

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 336 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A photographer travels to a Japanese town where industrial pollution has poisoned residents. He documents their suffering and tries to bring their story to the world.

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What happens

Minamata is a 2020 biographical drama film directed by Andrew Levitas, based on the book of the same name by Aileen Mioko Smith and W. Eugene Smith. The film stars Johnny Depp (who also produced) as W. Eugene Smith, an American photographer who documented the effects of mercury poisoning on the citizens of Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 21, 2020. It was released in the United States on February 11, 2022, by Samuel Goldwyn Films. At the 94th Academy Awards in 2022, the film ranked third place in the Oscars Fan Favorite contest. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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