A2-B-C

Japan, 2013, 71 min, Japanese and English, English/Arabic subtitles
Documentary

The award-winning film A2-B-C is named for the different stages of growth of thyroid cells from harmless cysts to cancer. Many children in Fukushima were never evacuated after the nuclear meltdown on March 11, 2011. Now the number of Fukushima children found to have thyroid cysts and nodules is increasing. What will this mean for their future? „There is no way for us to escape from this fear. We’re not only worried about external radiation exposure, but also about internal exposure. So we’re testing all the food.“

Q&A with Ian Thomas Ash + N.N. (Amman 2014)

Director’s note

I didn’t come to Japan to make a film about Fukushima.  Japan is my home, and after the nuclear meltdown in 2011, I documented what was happening around me. ‘A2-B-C’ is about the lie that decontamination is possible and about the children living and going to school in areas contaminated with radiation. But if you leave the film thinking “oh, those poor people over there in that far away country”, you’ll be missing the point.  What happened in Fukushima affects all of us. It is not over.  And it could happen again.

http://ianthomasash.blogspot.com