Film screening and directors talk : "Nuchi nu Miji (Okinawa's Water of Life)"

Date: Monday, May 15, 2023

Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.)

Venue: Multi-Purpose Digital Hall, West Bldg.9 2F, Ookayama Campus

Registration Fee: Free

Notes

Language：Japanese language screenings (English subtitles)
Host organization：Institute for Liberal Arts (ILA)
Directors Talk

Speakers
- Jon Mitchell (Film Director/Independent Journalist/Lecturer at Tokyo Tech)
- Natsuko Shimabukuro (Film Director/Journalist for Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting Corporation)
Discussant
- Takeshi Nakajima (Professor, Tokyo Tech)
Chair
- Kumiko Kiuchi (Associate Professor, Tokyo Tech)
・English-Japanese/Japanese-English interpretation is provided in the Q&A session.

How to apply

Please register by clicking the link below

Screening + Directors' Talk "Nuchi nu miji" Registration form

Contact: Institute for Liberal Arts (ILA)
Email tsunoda.y.ai@m.titech.ac.jp
Tel +81-3-5734-7689

About the film: "Nuchi nu Miji – Okinawa's Water of Life" portrays Okinawans' struggle for justice in one of the worst environmental catastrophes in modern Japanese history. Since 2016, the drinking water for 450,000 residents, roughly one third of the population, has been contaminated with military PFAS "Forever Chemicals"– but the Japanese and US governments have refused to resolve the problem. Featuring interviews, archive footage and documents obtained via the US Freedom of Information Act, "Nuchi nu Miji" uncovers the truth about what has been happening on Okinawa and reveals why so many residents feel abandoned by both Tokyo and Washington. (© Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting Corporation 2022)

Film screening and directors talk : Nuchi nu Miji (Okinawa's Water of Life)