Atomic Age Film Series: “Children of Hiroshima”

Join us for a film series on the atomic age, presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Kei Ito: Staring at the Face of the Sun.”

Commissioned by the Japan Teachers Union, “Children of Hiroshima” (1952) was based on first-person testimonies gathered by Japanese educator Arata Osada, collected in the 1951 book “Children of the Atomic Bomb.” The end of the postwar occupation of Japan by American forces allowed for works that addressed the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagaski. The film follows a teacher who returns to her hometown of Hiroshima to see the effects of the atomic bomb. NR, 98 min.

Films are sponsored by the UGA Parents Leadership Council.