MINAMATA MANDALA
$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)
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Los Feliz 3 | Introduction and Q&A with filmmaker Kazuo Hara. Moderated by Ryan Swen.
West Coast Premiere!
‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’ and ‘Kazuo Hara: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’
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- RELEASED IN: 2020
- 372 MINUTES
- DIRECTED BY: Kazuo Hara
ABOUT THE FILM:
In Japanese with English subtitles.
Filmed over 15 years, this epic three-part documentary by Kazuo Hara chronicles the history of struggle for a community in southern Japan suffering from “Minamata disease” — a debilitating neurological disease caused by methylmercury poisoning from the consumption of fish contaminated by industrial wastewater — as they continue the decades-long battle for legal recognition and reparations from the government. Both a deeply humanizing portrait of resilience and a comprehensive history of one of the worst pollution-related tragedies in human history, Minamata Mandala gives voice to the many survivors, care providers, researchers, and supporters tirelessly fighting for visibility.
FORMAT: DCP
DISTRIBUTOR: Grasshopper Film
COUNTRY: Japan
