Free Film Screening & Discussion: Vow From Hiroshima

Start: 2020-08-07 19:00:00 UTC Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00)

End: 2020-08-07 20:00:00 UTC Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00)

This is a virtual event

Join World BEYOND War for a FREE online film screening and discussion of the powerful film THE VOW FROM HIROSHIMA. The film is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a passionate, 85-year-old survivor of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Her moving story is told through the lens of her growing friendship with a second generation survivor, Mitchie Takeuchi. Setsuko was miraculously pulled out of a fiery building after the bomb was dropped and unable to save her other 27 classmates who were burned to death. That experience shaped her life forever and she endeavored to keep a pledge she made to her friends - that no one should ever again experience the same horrible fate. The film is a timely exploration of the global dangers of nuclear weapons and provides an insider's perspective as we see Setsuko campaign with ICAN (the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons). The culmination of Setsuko's decades of activism is her acceptance speech at the 2017 Nobel Peace Awards. August 6, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.

When you register, you will get the link to access the film, which can be viewed for free online anytime between August 5 at 6:00pm ET to August 7 at 6:00pm ET. When you register, you will also receive the Zoom link for joining our live online discussion on Friday, August 7 at 7:00pm-8:00pm Eastern Time (GMT-4) to share your thoughts about the film and hear from other World BEYOND War members and activists around the world.

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